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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: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday July 24 2019, @01:15AM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday July 24 2019, @01:15AM (#870555) Journal

    I bet Huawei has webons ob massss destrubtion, too!

    INVADE! INVADE!

    Really?! REALLY!? Huawei is a company like Google, Microsoft, etc... a company trying to make profits. NK said "Hey... help us, we give you money" and Huawei said "Okay, you give us money we do this thing you want to pay us money to do"

    IS THIS NOT CAPITALISM (Gods gift to America) AT ITS' CORE?!?!

    But it's not an American company, so BAD...BAD HUAWEI! BAD! WE MUST RUB YOUR NOSE IN THE MONEY.

    Jeebuz. If an American company had gotten the contract, everyone would be all like "YAY AMERICA, SPREADING FREEDOM AND THE AMERICAN PIE GOOEY DICK SCENE AROUND THE WORLD! YAAAAY!"

    Jeeeeeebuzzzz.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday July 24 2019, @04:04PM

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday July 24 2019, @04:04PM (#870728) Journal

    Maybe cut down on the outrage a little bit? Assuming, Huawei did this, they did it inspite of the sanctions the USA had against NK, because NK is a Nazi like hell for their own citizens. Google would rightly deserve to be treated in such a way, if they'd done the same thing. The difference, is that Huawei feels like they can do business in America without abiding by our rules. Then again, Google has a bit of that in them, too, I suspect.

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