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posted by janrinok on Tuesday July 23 2019, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly

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Huawei reportedly helped North Korea build out 3G network in secret

A new report could ultimately prove another bombshell in Huawei's ongoing conflicts with the U.S. government. New documents obtained by The Washington Post tie the Chinese hardware giant to North Korea's commercial 3G wireless network.

If proven, the ties would be yet more fodder for the U.S., which has already dinged the company over charges of violating Iran sanctions. The government has also investigated potential ties between Huawei and North Korea for years, though concrete links have apparently remained elusive.

This latest report arrives by way of a former Huawei employee, with confirmation and supporting documents from other sources who have also requested to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. For its part, Huawei has stated that it has "no business presence" in the embattled country.

"Huawei is fully committed to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries and regions where we operate, including all export control and sanction laws and regulations," it said in a statement offered to the press. Notably, the statements appear to apply primarily to its current business offerings, while declining to comment on the past.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:10PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:10PM (#870517)

    The sycophants do not need the cell service. They can easily get encrypted radios from China and have service areas that are much larger than a 3G base station, at lower cost. The 3G is needed only if the government wants to provide wireless service of low security to a pretty large civilian section of the society - say, including top managers of every business (C*O in western terms.)

    It would be not rational to guess what is happening within NK or what the glorious leader wants to happen. He is young enough, and there is a chance that he understands how unsustainable the policy of his predecessors is. It does not help that SK's politics is designed around the conflict, rather than around the solution - they have laws prohibiting contacts with NK. The South does not want to unify with the North, and they have reasons for that.

    Even if Huawei did sell the equipment, if they are not complete idiots, the hardware was sold to some fly-by-night company, maybe even foreign, and then resold. Anyway, given the dense fog of war around Huawei, the best an observer can do is to wait and see.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Wednesday July 24 2019, @12:34PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 24 2019, @12:34PM (#870622) Journal
    You are attributing rationality to North Korea. Maybe they're doing that, and maybe they're just providing a technologically inferior status symbol to their elite. Wouldn't put the latter past them.