EU funds multiple Huawei projects despite European ban

Date:
Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:53:22 +0000

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Huawei is involved in a number of advanced R&D projects across the EU worth millions of euros.

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Days after news broke that the European Union (EU) was discussing banning Huawei from its 5G infrastructure projects due to security concerns, reports have claimed that the same bloc is paying the Chinese firm to research next-gen comms systems.

According to the Financial Times , Huawei is part of Horizon Europe, EUs flagship research and innovation program totalling 11 projects. These
projects are developing technologies including artificial intelligence, 6G, cloud computing, quantum sensing, connectivity, as well as frameworks for autonomous driving.

As per the FT, Huawei has gotten roughly 14% of the funding, amounting to
just below 4 million, and is apparently providing infrastructure equipment
and AI platforms for the projects. "Incredible" inclusion

All of these projects are highly sensitive in nature, and given the fact that Huawei is considered a threat to the blocs security, its inclusion raised quite a few eyebrows.

John Strand, the founder of Denmark-based consultancy Strand Consult, told
the publication that having Huawei take part is like inviting someone you
dont trust to visit your secret offices. It could be risky for Europes security and EUs plan to have self-autonomy.

Head of science, technology and innovation at Germanys Mercator Institute for China Studies, Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau, called Huaweis inclusion as
incredible, adding that it was quite the surprise that this didnt raise any red flags along the way. Read more

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For Huawei, international cooperation is vital. It said that its
participation in Horizon Europe was evaluated independently by different panels of experts selected by the EU.

Huawei is Chinas biggest, and one of the worlds biggest telecommunications operators. In recent times, the US government deemed it a threat to national security, arguing that the Chinese government might force the company into adding backdoors into its infrastructure, to be used for espionage. Since then, a number of countries around the world banned Huawei from working on their 5G infrastructure projects. Huawei has denied any allegations vehemently. These are the best phones right now



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