Update | Huawei distances itself from executive’s comments that rivals using politics to keep it out of US
Huawei’s mobile chief Richard Yu Chengdong said on Sunday that the US government and some competitors fear the Chinese telecoms company is ‘too strong’ and that they are using politics to keep it out of the US market
Richard Yu Chengdong, the chief executive of Huawei’s consumer business group, said on Sunday that certain governments worry that the company has “become too strong” at a media round-table in Barcelona, Spain. He also said that the US government and some competitors, which he did not name, are using politics to keep Huawei out.
“It’s not right to blame the other party for not accepting us, we can only try harder, maintain our openness and transparency and wait until the other party is willing to communicate with us,” Chen Lifang, Huawei corporate senior vice-president and head of communications, said in an interview on Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Huawei did not authorise Yu to make comments about the US on behalf of the company, and does not agree with his views, Chen said. Yu did not immediately respond to a text message seeking comment.
