US should share Huawei evidence with European authorities: Vodafone CEO

BARCELONA: The United States needs to share any evidence it has about Huawei with European authorities so they can take a common view about whether to use the Chinese group’s technology in their networks, the head of Vodafone said on Monday.
Huawei is under intense scrutiny after the United States told allies not to use its technology because of fears it could be a vehicle for Chinese spy operations.
The company is the world’s largest mobile network gear supplier, ahead of Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia.
Nick Read, chief executive of Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator, told reporters at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that cutting the number of network suppliers to two from three would damage the industry and economic growth.