Huawei launches charm offensive to fight ‘high-risk’ label

As it celebrates its 20th anniversary of working in the UK, Huawei has begun a campaign to emphasise the fundamental nature of its presence in the UK’s current communications infrastructure and the role it can play in the expansion of 5G and full-fibre networks. The timing of the campaign comes as the leading global communications technology provider finds itself under fierce attack once more from UK and US political actors. The use of Huawei kit in the UK’s networks has been a political hot potato since July 2019, when in its , the UK government asked the country’s National Cyber Security Council (NCSC) to consider issuing guidance to UK telecoms operators in relation to companies regarded...