For Immediate Release: January 29, 2019
Press Contact: Regan Page at [email protected]
Top Law Enforcement Officials Classify Huawei As Dire National Security Threat, Media Reports Reveal
Media reports from Washington Post, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and many more highlighted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei’s 13 count federal indictment that charges the company and its Chief Financial Officer with bank and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, and other charges.
Top United States law enforcement officials did not beat around the bush in classifying Huawei as a national security threat. FBI Director Christopher Wray said that Huawei and similar firms, “pose a dual threat to both our economic and national security, and the magnitude of these charges make clear just how seriously the FBI takes this threat.”
The news shines a bright light on the entangled histories of T-Mobile and Sprint and Huawei. Even now, T-Mobile and its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, are immersed in 5G deployments across the world that rely on Huawei equipment.
What’s worse — T-Mobile and Sprint, as well as their parent companies Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank, refuse to commit to eliminating Huawei equipment in their current networks and future 5G deployments, despite needing approval from the US Government to merge.
A (non-exhaustive) roundup of key articles follows:
Fierce Wireless: T-Mobile is at the center of the DOJ’s allegations against Huawei
By Linda Hardesty
January 29, 2019
Washington Post: Justice Dept. charges Huawei with fraud, ratcheting up U.S.-China tensions
By Ellen Nakashima and Devlin Barrett
January 29, 2019
Reuters: U.S. charges China's Huawei with bank fraud, stealing trade secrets
January 28, 2019
Wall Street Journal: U.S. Authorities Unveil Sweeping Set of Charges Against China’s Huawei
By Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha
January 28, 2019
CNBC: US files criminal charges in two Huawei cases, seeks extradition of CFO Meng Wanzhou
By Kate Fazzini
January 28, 2019
Bloomberg: U.S. Charges Huawei With Stealing Trade Secrets, Bank Fraud
By Patricia Hurtado and Chris Strohm
January 29, 2019
The Guardian: Huawei: China calls US charges 'immoral' as markets slide
By Jon Swaine in New York and Justin McCurry
January 29, 2019
CNN Business: US unveils its criminal case against Huawei, alleging China giant stole trade secrets and violated Iran sanctions
By Julie Horowitz
January 29, 2019
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