News :: Huawei Defends Itself from Spying Allegations

The company’s Chief Executive Officer and founder Ren Zhengfei recently stepped into the limelight to defend Huawei from the US spying allegations.

The United States accused Ren Zhengfei of having links to the Chinese military, because he once belonged to the army (more than a quarter of century ago) before he became shockingly rich doing something else.

However, Zhengfei is believed to be very secretive, and the very fact that he hardly ever makes an appearance before the press doesn’t actually do much for American claims that Huawei is not transparent at all. The United States has been complaining that the Chinese keep raiding their corporate and government websites, but Ren Zhengfei claimed that Huawei isn't involved with cybersecurity threats directed at the United States.

The hardware giant had just won a contract to build a 4G LTE network in New Zealand, and Ren Zhengfei was clearly feeling particularly transparent during his speech there and gave an interview to the media. Huawei CEO told the reporters that his company has no connection to American cybersecurity issues “in the past, current and future”.

Zhengfei also pointed out that his company has no major equipment work with the American government or with the major carriers, so it is silly to accuse him of facilitating spying on them. Talking about Zhengfei’s secrecy, apparently he doesn’t think it exists. Instead, he’s very chatty on the corporate site, and he employs a lot of PR people to speak for him. In other words, he can’t understand why the American media still wants to interview him personally instead of just copying the press release his people prepared.