Belgian Agency Found No Evidence In Huawei Spying Case

Saanvi Araav - Apr 16, 2019

The US has accused Huawei of cooperating with the Chinese government

We just have one breaking news from Brussels regarding the recent event about the fate of Huawei. According to the center for cybersecurity of Belgium, they have found no evidence showing that the telecoms equipment of the company's Technology could be utilized into spying purpose.

No evidence against Huawei

The agency we mentioned is under the direct order from the prime minister of Belgium. The government has tasked them with working on analyzing the security threat from the tech giant. Huawei is the supplier for many Belgian network companies such as Telenet, Proximus, and Orange Belgium.

The center for cybersecurity of Belgium reports to Belgian prime minister

The spokesman of the mentioned agency has said that the agency had not found any evidence if the company's devices being used for spying. A final report had not yet been released but they were working on the matter.

Huawei has been the global market leader in recent years in term of telecommunication. They have also been under for Washington's campaign because of the accusations of this brand working with the Chinese government. Washington has banned Huawei from deploying of 5G next-generation networks. They said that is mainly because of the concerns that the company has a close tie to the Chinese regime. Washington also urges other Western countries to block Huawei from their technology environment.

The moves of other Western countries

Huawei has been the global market leader in recent years in term of telecommunication

Just last month, Germany has set up a set of more challenging criteria for those who supply network telecommunication equipment. However, they have stopped in the case of Huawei. Instead of that, they keep on saying that these new rules are applicable for all the vendors. The UK has also targeting the company for taking too long to fix a major security flaw in the mobile network equipment. They said that this flaw might reveal a " significant technical issues" on UK network system.