Huawei News

China’s Huawei Files Lawsuit in Portugal Over Ban on Supplying 5G Equipment

Chinese technology giant Huawei has filed a lawsuit with a Lisbon court against a resolution by Portugal’s cybersecurity council CSSC that effectively bars operators from using its equipment in high-speed 5G mobile networks, the company said. The CSSC is the …

Canada Plans to Force Companies to Report Cyber Attacks, Fortify Cyber Systems

Canadian businesses operating in critical infrastructure sectors would be required to report cyber attacks to the federal government and would have to fortify their cyber systems under a new law introduced on Tuesday. The legislation identifies finance, telecommunications, energy and …

China Counters U.S. ‘Clean Network’ With Own Global Data Security Initiative

China has launched an initiative to address global data security issues, a countermove to the U.S. “clean network” program that is aimed at discouraging other countries from using Chinese technology. Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the initiative in Beijing on …

UK Supreme Court Denies Patent Appeals by Huawei and ZTE Over Mobile Technology

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously dismissed appeals by China’s Huawei and ZTE in patent disputes over mobile data technology with Unwired Planet International and Conversant Wireless. The first appeal concerned an action brought by Unwired against Huawei …

U.K. Networks Could Become Less Secure if Huawei Is Banned, MPs Say

Barring Huawei Technologies Co. from operating in the U.K. could lower security standards and make networks less resilient to malicious attacks, according to Parliament’s intelligence and security committee, which urged the government to speed up its decision on the Chinese …

U.S. Jury Finds Huawei Stole Silicon Valley Startup’s Trade Secrets

A federal jury in Texas has ruled that Huawei stole trade secrets from a Silicon Valley startup, but it didn’t award any damages. After a three-week trial, jurors in U.S. District Court in Sherman, Texas, determined Wednesday that while Huawei …

Sen. Rubio Bill Would Block Patent Damage Claims by Foreign Firms on Watch List

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio filed legislation on Monday that would prevent Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from seeking damages in U.S. patent courts, after the Chinese firm demanded that Verizon Communications Inc. pay $1 billion to license the rights to patented …

Senators Urge Allies to Heed Trump’s Warning on China’s Huawei

U.S. senators warned allies that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co. can’t meet security standards for advanced networks due in part to Chinese law that demands cooperation with security agencies. “There is no way in hell China can …

U.S. Blacklisting of China’s Huawei to Disrupt Global Technology Supply Chain

The latest U.S. broadside against Huawei that puts the Chinese firm on an exports blacklist threatens to rattle the global tech supply chain, linked closely to the $105 billion business of the world’s top supplier of telecoms network equipment. The …

Trump Readies Security Order Limiting Huawei, Other Foreign Telecoms

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China’s Huawei, three …