Huawei has fired back at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report telling U.S. companies to refrain from using the Chinese technology company's software and hardware.
The House report, which was noted on Sunday as a roadblock to Huawei's plan to expand in the U.S., took aim at the company as well as ZTE. Huawei battles with companies like Cisco in emerging markets, but plans to expand in the U.S.
In a statement, Huawei said that it opened up to the House committee, which "failed to provide clear information or evidence to substantiate the legitimacy of the Committee's concerns."
The House committee report nails Huawei as well as ZTE:
Despite hours of interviews, extensive and repeated document requests, a review of open-source information, and an open hearing with witnesses from both companies, the Committee remains unsatisfied with the level of cooperation and candor provided by each company. Neither company was willing to provide sufficient evidence to ameliorate the Committee’s concerns. Neither company was forthcoming with detailed information about its formal relationships or regulatory interaction with Chinese authorities. Neither company provided specific details about the precise role of each company’s Chinese Communist Party Committee. Furthermore, neither company provided detailed information about its operations in the United States. Huawei, in particular, failed to provide thorough information about its corporate structure, history, ownership, operations, financial arrangements, or management. Most importantly, neither company provided sufficient internal documentation or other evidence to support the limited answers they did provide to Committee investigators.
The upshot to Huawei's statement is that it is a global company with deployments around the world.