the cancellation of Huawei in the United States has been a reality for some time. In the land of Uncle Sam, the Chinese giant cannot participate in the construction of 5G network infrastructure. The company is seen as a “threat to national security”, accused of espionage. If the bias wasn’t enough, now it’s time to see Canada ban Huawei from participating in fifth-generation mobile networks.
The Canadian government claims the same thing; suspected Chinese espionage. The measure was confirmed this Thursday (19) by the Canadian Minister of Public Security, Marco Mendicino.
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Huawei resists
In March, Huawei released the company’s balance sheet for the last year and recorded, for the first time in 20 years, a drop in numbers largely as a result of the sanctions applied by the United States to the company, which continued to harm it.
During 2021, the Chinese generated revenue of US$99.9 billion (636.8 billion yuan), down 28.5% year-on-year. The company’s net profit, however, increased by 75.9% year-on-year to $17.86 billion (113.7 billion yuan).
US sanctions continue to challenge Huawei
During the administration of former US President Donald Trump, Huawei was placed on a list of “prohibited companies” in the country, the main purpose of which is to list companies that should be restricted in terms of exporting key components and enterprise software. national.
In this sense, the US administration was focused on cutting off Huawei’s access to cutting-edge chips needed to manufacture the company’s smartphones and other types of hardware. As a result, Huawei’s global smartphone market share has dropped.
accused of spying
Late last year, a leaked document shows that the Chinese company has developed some surveillance systems for the Xinjiang region.
THE The Washington Post obtained a PowerPoint presentation from a Huawei website that is no longer live. In the document, slides show how partnerships were made with other companies to create systems that would be used in surveillance systems, labor camps and re-education.
The document also points out that the Chinese company’s products would practically be the basis of a unified platform for smart prisons in Xinjiang, a region with many Uighur Muslims. China, it is worth remembering, has been accused for some time of violating the human rights of this people, putting them, for example, in forced labor.
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