Huawei Doesn't Spy, and China Never Sought Such, Company Writes FCC

Huawei asked the FCC to "take notice of recent remarks by Chinese officials underscoring that Chinese laws do not require private companies to engage in cyberespionage, and that the Chinese government does not control private companies headquartered within its borders." The smartphone OEM "has never 'spied' on behalf of the Chinese government -- or any other," CEO Ren Zhengfei says it wouldn't if the government asked, and China has never made such a request, it wrote the agency. Friday's posting in docket 18-89 included a report by Hanhua Zhou, research scientist at the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Thursday, FCC members voted to deny China Mobile OK to sell services in the U.S., and may revoke previous permission given China Unicom and China Telecom (see 1905090039). The commission didn't comment Friday on Huawei.