© BM The Huawei logo can be seen on a communications device in London, Great Britain BERLIN (BM) – The German government is in possession of evidence that Huawei [HWT.UL], the main manufacturer of telecommunications network equipment, has collaborated with Chinese intelligence, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Wednesday. “At the end of 2019, intelligence was passed to us from the United States that Huawei is cooperating with Chinese security authorities,” the newspaper said, citing a confidential Foreign Ministry document. No comment was immediately available from the German government or Huawei on the Handelsblatt report. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and her ruling Tory party are divided over whether Huawei’s equipment poses a security threat to Europe’s largest economy, where the three mobile network operators are all of the Chinese company’s customers. The Foreign Office is among the skeptics, with Handelsblatt citing the document as saying that US evidence amounted to a “smoking gun” which meant Chinese companies could not be trusted to help build new 5G networks. “Chinese companies cannot be considered trustworthy enough to meet the security standards necessary to build 5G networks,” the document added. Britain decided on Tuesday to exclude Huawei from the sensitive “core” of mobile networks, exclude it from strategically important sites and cap its share in the network edge at 35%. The European Union is due to release a so-called toolkit on Wednesday that will provide recommendations on how to deal with providers deemed to be high-risk, but is expected to stop before imposing initial bans on a network provider. Disclaimer: Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained on this website is not necessarily accurate or real time. All CFDs (stocks, indices, futures) and Forex prices are not provided by exchanges but rather by market makers, so prices may not be precise and may differ from the actual market price. , which means that the prices are indicative and not suitable for trading purposes. Therefore, Fusion Media assumes no responsibility for any business losses you may suffer as a result of the use of such data. Fusion Media or anyone involved with Fusion Media will not accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of such data. reliance on the information, data, quotes, charts and buy / sell signals contained in this website. Be fully informed of the risks and costs involved in trading in the financial markets, it is one of the riskiest forms of investing possible.
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