Things are still looking pretty bleak for Huawei\u2019s plans to conquer the U.S. market.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, top members of intelligence agencies, which includes the FBI, CIA and NSA reaffirmed surveillance concerns about the company and fellow Chinese smartphone maker ZTE.<\/p>\n
All of this is nothing new, of course. The companies\u2019 troubles date back at least as far back as 2012 when a House Intelligence Committee cited both as potential security risks over close ties to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n
The following year, they were both barred from selling the product to the U.S. government.<\/p>\n
FBI director Chris Wray echoed those concerns during a hearing Tuesday, stating, \u201cWe\u2019re deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don\u2019t share our values to gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Huawei has since issued a response, accusing the government of \u201cinhibiting [its] business in the U.S. market\u201d and adding, \u201cHuawei is trusted by governments and customers in 170 countries worldwide and poses no greater cybersecurity risk than any ICT vendor, sharing as we do common global supply chains and production capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letter closely echoed the statements of an angry Richard Yu on stage last month at CES. \u201cWe\u2019ve won the trust of the Chinese carriers,\u201d Yu fumed at the company\u2019s keynote. \u201cWe\u2019ve also won spots on all of the European carriers.\u201d<\/p>\n
That off-the-cuff speech came after an AT&T deal fell through last second, seemingly at the behest of the same lawmakers warning against purchasing the company\u2019s hardware.<\/p>\n
It was a big blow for the company, given that a majority of U.S. phone purchases still go through carriers.<\/p>\n
Meantime, Huawei has attempted to double down on non-carrier retailers in the States.<\/p>\n
That aggressive push, however, has put the company in even more hot water, as fake reviews for its flagship the Mate 10 Pro have reportedly surfaced on Best Buy\u2019s website, apparently linked to a Facebook contest spurred on by Huawei.<\/p>\n
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Source: TechCrunch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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