No Indian govt official suspects any security issue with our equipment: Huawei India CEO

NEW DELHI: Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei which is in midst of global backlash over security on Tuesday said that it believes that the security concerns are politically driven and that it is committed to developing and growing 5G ecosystem in collaboration with government and industry.

Allaying security concerns, Huawei India CEO Jay Chen while addressing the media said, “we have engagements with the DoT, PMO, IT department and other departments… nobody has informed us about any security related issue. All say that we understand and it’s a political issue globally,” he added.

The company mentioned that it will invest 2 billion USD over 5 years in improving software engineering capabilities including cyber security. Huawei India’s wireless CTO Radhe Shyam Sarda further told that the company invests over 5% of its total R&D spending in cyber security.