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"We are ready to establish a cyber security center in Poland if
authorities accept this as a trusted solution," Tonny Bao, head
of Huawei in Poland, told a news conference on Wednesday.
Huawei has set up information security labs in Germany and
Britain aimed at building confidence that its equipment does not
contain "back doors" for Chinese intelligence services.
Poland's government is set to exclude Huawei equipment from its
future 5G network over concerns first raised in the United
States that Huawei technology could be equipped with such back
doors, sources told Reuters.
Huawei's regional public affairs director, Austin Zhang, said
there is no reason for the Polish government to exclude the
Chinese firm from its future 5G network development.
"If it does happen ... we will try all our means to protect our
business and reputation in Poland," Zhang said.
The United States wants to steer people away from Huawei towards
Western products because of its concerns over the security of
the Chinese company's technology, the U.S. envoy to the European
Union said last week.
Huawei denies allegations that its technology could be used for
spying and the Chinese executive from Huawei arrested last month
in Poland on suspicion of spying has also said he is not guilty.
Still, the company faces increasing international scrutiny over
the matter.
Last week the company was excluded from a tender to build a
Czech tax portal after the country's cyber watchdog warned of
possible security threats posed by the telecoms supplier.
Separately the U.S. Justice Department has charged Huawei with
conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran and with stealing
robotic technology from T-Mobile US Inc.
(Reporting by Anna Koper and Marcin Goclowski; writing by
Agnieszka Barteczko; editing by Jason Neely)
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