News & Reviews:   Huawei exits US

While being a major supplier of telecommunications equipment and products in the US, Huawei has typically been treated with mistrust by the US government. Allegations of cyberspying and legal blocks have prompted Ren Zhengfei, Huawei CEO to say that Huawei would exit the US market. US officials claim that Huewei could be working with the Chinese government to provide hardware based backdoors or hidden surveilance inside their telecommunication devices but this is a claim which Huawei has strongly denied. William Plummer, Huawei VP says that the investigations have not turned up any solid proof. For now, the Huawei exit looks to be mainly on their telecommunications equipment side of the business while Huawei mobile phones will likely continue to be sold in the US.