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Shenzhen-based Huawei is at the centre of a spat between China
and the U.S. with the latter saying the company's 5G technology
could be used as a backdoor spy channel for Beijing.
Huawei has denied the claims and countered the charges by saying
the U.S. itself has a long track record of modifying digital
products to collect intelligence.
Speaking to reporters in Copenhagen, Liu said he was confident
European operators would pick Huawei as a provider of technology
for their so-called core networks where sensitive data is
processed.
"It's important to let them (operators) have the freedom of
choice, and they are going to judge which supplier can bring
them the best business value," Liu told Reuters.
The European Union in January unveiled new 5G guidelines for
member states, in which it allowed individual countries to
decide what part Huawei could play in their networks.
Britain recently granted Huawei a limited role in its 5G mobile
network by ruling it would be allowed into the non-sensitive
parts of the network.
Liu said that after Huawei installs its 5G network technology,
operators have "100% control" over any information flows in the
network and that any access to the network is recorded.
"We build the whole highway and then the operators of the
highway, they will handle the tollgate and how many cars are
running on the highway," he said.
"We give the key...They have the full control of that."
Germany and France have yet to take an official stance on
whether to limit or ban individual 5G technology suppliers from
their mobile networks.
The cyber security agency in France, where Huawei has announced
plans to build a manufacturing plant, is currently screening 5G
equipment, including Huawei's.
(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; editing by David Evans,
Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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