Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei says he does not expect big impact from 5G pushback
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The walls appear to be closing in on Huawei Technologies in the US, Europe and elsewhere, but founder Ren Zhengfei said he is not too worried.
Speaking to reporters for a second time this week, the 74-year-old said that Huawei has anticipated the growing suspicions over the security of its telecommunication network equipment.
“We have anticipated more than a decade ago that we may face such problems as we are seeing today and been preparing for it,” he said in a briefing at the company’s Shenzhen headquarters on Thursday. “These problems will affect us, but the impact won’t be very big and there won’t be a major problem.”
Ren rarely gives interviews and his second meeting with reporters this week is part of a public-relations campaign to reassure the company’s 180,000 employees and customers to “project confidence, promote understanding and trust in Huawei”.