Huawei agreed to follow all security norms

Why is it in news?
  • Huawei said it was willing to invest more in India if given a green signal for participating in 5G roll-out.
  • It said that it will comply with any security guidelines proposed by the Indian government, including upcoming data privacy laws and signing a ‘no-back door’ agreement.
More in news
  • Huawei stand:
    (1) It stressed that India should take an ‘independent’ and ‘informed’ decision.
    (2) It said that the government should provide a “level playing field” for vendors to participate in the much-awaited 5G trials in the country.
  • Significance of the statement:
    (1) The statement comes a day ahead of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to India.
    (2) The U.S. has banned Huawei over security and espionage-related concerns and has been lobbying with other countries, including India, to ban the telecom major.
    (3) India is yet to announce its decision over the company’s participation in the much-awaited upcoming 5G trials.
Source
The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 25th Jun 2019
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