Huawei lawyers claim emails prove US has no grounds to extradite CFO from Canada - The Guardian

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US justice department’s battle to extradite Meng Wanzhou from Canada has taken a fresh turn as lawyers for Huawei’s chief financial officer claimed that internal emails and bank documents prove there is no grounds to extradite her to the US.

Meng, 48, was arrested on a US warrant at Vancouver airport in late 2018, and has been battling extradition to the US. Her detention infuriated the Chinese government and has helped drag relations between Beijing and Ottawa to their lowest point in years.

The US accuses Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions. It says Meng, 48, committed fraud by misleading HSBC about the company’s business dealings in Iran.

But Meng’s legal team argue that documents from HSBC show that Huawei was open about its links to Skycom. In a statement, Huawei Canada said: “These documents consisting of emails and other HSBC records show there is no evidence of fraud on HSBC.

“They show that Huawei’s control over Skycom was not kept from senior HSBC executives, that the continuing nature of Skycom’s business with Huawei in Iran was not kept from HSBC executives and that internal HSBC risk assessments were made based on knowledge of the true facts”.

It added “the reputational risks were managed with the knowledge of senior HSBC executives”.

Huawei lawyers will now try to persuade the Canadian court to permit the internal documents to be introduced as evidence.

Government lawyers in Canada are likely to contest Huawei’s interpretation of the documents and have argued that they are irrelevant to the extradition process and should be reserved for a fraud trial in the US.

Huawei has claimed that Meng’s arrest was prompted by the US as part of a trade war with China launched by Donald Trump.

Meng’s lawyers have been battling to gain access to the HSBC documents first in a case in February in the UK that proved unsuccessful and then in March in Hong Kong where it reached an out of court settlement with HSBC. The terms of the settlement was not published, but it appears HSBC gave Huawei access to the papers, with a confidentiality clause attached.

But last week the Canadian courts accepted an application from Canadian prosecutors and media groups that the information could not be kept under seal, an outcome that may not in reality have disappointed Huawei since it made it more likely the evidence would be admissible in court to challenge the extradition claim.

US prosecutors allege Meng gave a PowerPoint presentation to HSBC in August 2013 that the US claims “involved untrue representations” by downplaying her firm’s control of Skycom, describing the firm simply as a business partner. The US says Huawei in reality controlled Skycom’s operations in Iran until at least 2014.

HSBC, according to the US government, “relied on those and other misrepresentations in deciding to continue the banking relationship with Huawei”.

HSBC “cleared more than $100m worth of transactions related to Skycom through the United States between 2010 and 2014”, says the US.

But Huawei argues the new documentation shows Meng did not mislead the bank, and so the basis for her extradition to the US is undermined.

HSBC had already given the internal documents to the US justice department in a bid to avoid prosecution by the US, but not to Meng’s lawyers.

The Chinese government has sharply criticised HSBC’s cooperation with the US government over the case.

HSBC has said it had no legal option but to cooperate with the US authorities. But the bank has been caught in a political quandary since it is headquartered in the UK and the bulk of its profits are made in China.

Meng has been living in one of her Vancouver homes on bail since her arrest at the city’s airport in December 2018. Days after Meng’s arrest a former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were arrested by the Chinese government on espionage charges. They remain in detention.

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Orange sees role for Huawei in 5G Africa rollout - Reuters

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BARCELONA, June 29 (Reuters) - Orange (ORAN.PA), France's largest telecoms firm, will avoid using equipment from Chinese vendors when developing Europe's 5G networks, opting for suppliers such as Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and Nokia (NOKIA.HE) instead, its chief executive said.

But the company sees no issue in working with Huawei in Africa, where the Chinese company dominates as a supplier of equipment to many telecoms operators.

"We're working more and more with Chinese vendors in Africa, not because we like China, but we have an excellent business relationship with Huawei," CEO Stephane Richard told Reuters at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday.

"They've invested in Africa while the European vendors have been hesitating."

European governments have tightened controls on Chinese companies building 5G networks following diplomatic pressure from Washington, which alleges Huawei equipment could be used by Beijing for spying.

Huawei has repeatedly denied being a national security risk.

Some countries, such as Britain and Sweden, had banned the Chinese vendors outright, while others have encouraged telecom operators to opt for European suppliers, particularly in the core parts of their networks.

"It's not only the pressure from the government - we are European citizens and share the concern," Richard said in an interview on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress. "We can't ignore the fact that the big Chinese players are close to the Chinese state."

Ericsson and Nokia have steadily taken market share from Huawei and, late last year, Orange's Belgian division decided to progressively replace Huawei equipment with kit from Nokia.

The Orange CEO also showed willingness to use gear from South Korea's Samsung, which he described as an alternative to the "China vs. Europe debate".

Samsung signed Vodafone as its first European customer earlier this month as it tries to enter a market dominated by Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei.

"We'll need time and additional investment to build new standalone networks with multiple vendors," Richard said. "The fact is that in Europe today developing 5G networks with Chinese vendors is more and more difficult - we take this as a reality."

The Orange chief, whose third four-year mandate expires next May - shortly after France's presidential elections - has faced questions about his leadership and the success of his business ventures, particularly after a network outage that disrupted France's emergency numbers this month. nL2N2NT1GR]

The separation of the president and CEO roles within Orange, which is still 23% owned by France's government, could be an option for Richard, who said he supported the practice of dissociating the positions - as did a majority of shareholders.

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Huawei's Ryan Ding: Ongoing Innovation Is Lighting up the Future of Every Industry - Huawei

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[Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021] During MWC Barcelona 2021, Huawei Executive Director and President of Carrier BG Ryan Ding delivered a keynote speech Innovation: Lighting up the Future. In his keynote, Ding said that innovation in ICT is becoming a key driver of the global economy and its value is moving beyond the telecoms industry. Ongoing innovation in 5G, in particular, will bring more value to operators, the ICT industry, and the global economy, and will light up the future of every industry.

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More than telecoms: Innovation in the ICT industry is becoming a key economic driver

The pandemic, Ding said, has created a new normal in which the digital economy is the driving force for the global economy. ICT infrastructure, as the cornerstone of the digital economy, is playing an increasingly important role. Ding mentioned that the value of ICT now transcends the telecoms industry and has transformative implications for the global economy as a whole.

In countries where 5G is developing faster, operators have seen faster revenue growth, and these countries also tend to have better digital infrastructure overall. Taking China as an example, in less than 18 months, more than 820,000 5G base stations have been deployed, and Chinese operators achieved a 6.5% increase in revenue and a 5.6% increase in net profits in the first quarter this year. The rapid development of digital infrastructure driven by 5G will add EUR1.9 trillion to the Chinese economy in the next five years. The same stories are also unfolding in South Korea and Europe.

More than connectivity: 5G innovation is enabling operators' business success

As ICT infrastructure is the cornerstone of the digital economy in the 5G era, operators are playing a more important role than they used to.

Ding said, "Currently, the major goal of operators in 5G is to achieve business success in three key markets – consumers, homes, and industries – through innovation in network deployment, market development, and operation optimization."

"In the consumer market, 5G means not just faster speeds; it also brings new experiences and new value. Some operators have already achieved initial business success."

According to Ding, there are three steps an operator can take to succeed in the 5GtoC market. The first is to speed up 5G deployment, with targeted network planning and investment based on precise insights into high-value areas, key scenarios, and potential users. The second is to accelerate 5G user migration, and the third step is to create value-driven, flexible pricing models.

Today, 5G has been applied in over 1,000 projects in more than 20 industries including steel and mining, enabling safer and more efficient production. Chinese operators have made great progress and are entering the phase of taking early successes and replicating them at scale.

"We've learned from Chinese operators' experience that the success of 5GtoB depends on three factors," said Ding. "First, selecting the right industries. Operators should choose target industries by looking at four factors: demand, affordability, replicability, and technical feasibility. Second, defining the scope of your offerings. Operators can serve as network providers that offer connectivity services. They can also serve as cloud service providers, or even system integrators that provide end-to-end integration services. Different roles require different skillsets and yield different business value. Third, designing innovative business models. This is key to replicating 5GtoB success at scale."

During the pandemic, there is a growing demand for home broadband, and this has highlighted the advantages of 5G FWA that enables rapid deployment and contactless O&M. Middle East operators have achieved remarkable commercial success by taking FWA as a key use case of 5G.

More than business: Huawei keeps innovating to drive industry-wide sustainability

"5G success first requires a 5G network that provides the best user experience, and this guides how we innovate at Huawei," said Ding. Huawei has launched the industry's lightest and most powerful Massive MIMO that consumes less energy. It can be carried and installed by just one person, which speeds up network deployment. With Huawei's Optical Cross-Connect (OXC), one sub-rack can replace nine cabinets normally needed. It has four times larger capacity, but uses 95% less power. Huawei's 5G Super Uplink solution combines the advantages of 2.1 GHz and 3.5 GHz to enhance uplink capacity and indoor coverage. This solution provides a peak uplink rate of over 450 Mbit/s, enabling hundreds of users to live stream the Xiamen Marathon in 4K in April using their 5G smartphones.

To support green development models and carbon neutrality, according to Ding, Huawei keeps innovating at three levels: equipment, sites, and networks. At the equipment level, Huawei uses components with higher power efficiency to make hardware platforms more energy efficient. At the site level, Huawei's simplified site solutions help operators lower energy consumption, as well as save on electricity and rent. At the network level, Huawei has launched a multi-band and multi-RAT power saving solution. This solution can cut energy consumption in wireless networks without compromising network performance. With Huawei's innovative solution, 5G equipment working in low and high bands can share a cabinet, and as a result, less energy is used. When it comes to multi-band equipment power saving, Huawei's goal is to make one plus one less than one.

Collaborating to create an ecosystem and evolving 5G for a better future

Concluding his keynote, Ding emphasized that 5G development requires ongoing innovation. In 5GtoB, for example, 5G standards need to be coordinated with industry standards at a faster rate, and 5G should be integrated into enterprises' core production processes to help them go digital and intelligent. At the same time, the synergy between 5G, cloud, and computing will further expand the boundaries of operators' business, creating space for new growth. 5G innovation is an ongoing process. Huawei believes that innovation will light up the future.

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Huawei will provide firmware updates for all Honor phones released before April 1 2021 - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

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Now that Huawei sold off its Honor brand, the company was able to become an independent smartphone brand and will once again release smartphone pre-installed with Google Services. With the company departing from its parent company Huawei, Honor explains exactly how firmware updates will be fulfilled going forward.

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Honor Finland confirms to i>SuomiMobiili that Huawei will be handling firmware updates to all Honor devices released before April 1 2021 throughout the rest of their life cycles. That means that Honor will be solely responsible to handle its firmware updates for devices it releases after April 1. This means that firmware updates for the new Honor 50 series will be solely handled by Honor. This date is significant since Honor exited Huawei between March and April.

Honor promises to continue to support older devices in Finland, as much as possible, before being referred to Huawei support.

If an consumer is in touch with us, we always help [them] as far as we can before directing [them] to Huawei customer service. We continue to help with matters related to the use of smartphones[…] The intention is to serve both old and new HONOR consumers as well as possible.” – Suvi Surenkin, Honor Marketing Director for Finland and The Baltics.

In addition, Huawei has confirmed that it will continue supporting high-end Honor devices with monthly updates and more affordable devices on a quarterly basis.

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Huawei confirms the Honor 20, 20 Pro, and View 20 will get monthly updates. Meanwhile, Huawei will support the following devices with quarterly security updates through the end of their product cycles:

It’s worth noting that while Huawei may continue to support Honor devices, it does not guarantee that these devices will receive full Android version upgrades, whether that’s Android 11 or Harmony OS. We're glad to hear that the phones will at least be updated with security patches.

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Huawei Mate X2 4G goes on sale in China with HarmonyOS 2.0 out of the box - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

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Huawei has trouble sourcing 5G components due to the trade war with the US, so the company has taken to re-releasing some of its existing 5G phones as 4G-only models. The latest to take the plunge is the foldable Huawei Mate X2.

The 4G model went on sale in China for the first time today at 10:08 local time. Besides dropping the 5G connectivity, the phone is almost unchanged - it still uses a Kirin 9000 chipset, for example (the 4G version of it, anyway).

There is a small price cut involved too, though it barely makes a scratch on the CNY 17,800 price tag of the Mate X2 5G. The 4G version costs CNY 17,500 on Vmall, that converts to $2,710/€2,275. The CNY 300 price difference ($46 or so) isn’t really noticeable at this scale.

Anyway, connectivity is not the only thing that changed on the Mate X2 4G. Huawei took the opportunity to preload Harmony OS 2.0 on the phone, instead of having it launch with Android 10 as the 5G model did (which is one of the first to get Harmony over the air).

It’s not just the foldable phone either, a few days ago Huawei launched 4G versions of the Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40E and nova8 Pro, all of which originally began life as 5G phones with Android. Yes, the OS was swapped for Harmony on these models as well. They went up on store shelves a few days ago.

The Huawei Mate X2 4G looks identical to the 5G model on the outside

You can still order a Huawei Mate X2 4G from Chinese retailers, though shipping dates have slipped to July 11. It’s not clear if any of these models will be sold abroad.

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MWC Barcelona 2021 – Huawei Day 0 Green Forum "Green ICT for a Green World" - Huawei

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[Barcelona, Spain, June 27, 2021] At Huawei's Day 0 Green Forum at MWC Barcelona 2021, President of Huawei Western Europe David Li stated that Huawei is a strong supporter of the EU's green ambitions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The forum this year focused on how the ICT industry is embracing the EU Green Deal and how digital technologies are contributing to sustainable development in the region, through case studies on green telecom network strategies and key challenges operators face when trying to achieve carbon neutrality.

In his speech at the event, Li focused on how the ICT industry can use green digital telecommunications services to support its customers: "We are supporting other industries to reduce their carbon footprint through ICT solutions. We call this ICT enablement our 'carbon handprint'. The ICT industry's carbon footprint accounts for only about 2% of total emissions. But ICT technologies can be used to reduce total global emissions by up to 20%."

He also mentioned that Huawei believes in using bits to manage watts. Bits are the basic units of digital information and watts the basic units of energy. Using bits to manage watts is to use digital technologies to achieve more efficient energy management. "Integrating digital and energy technologies lets us use new technological advances in AI, connectivity, and cloud computing to digitalize the energy industry."

David Li, President of Western Europe, Huawei gave a welcoming speech at the forum

Many other prominent industry stakeholders in attendance at the event also spoke out about the critical importance of ICT in the region's green plans. European Parliament Member Susana Solís Pérez said, "Practically, every sector can benefit from digital solutions," and Mobile World Capital Barcelona's Head of Digital Future Society Carina Lopes said, "Reaching net-zero carbon emissions is not enough. The ICT and telecoms sector has the power to lead and radically transform our society."

GSMA's head of climate action Steven Moore pointed out that operators depend on green energy to help achieve the targets in other sectors by saying, "Our message to governments: We can't switch to renewables by our own."

CTO of Orange Spain Monica Sala commented that they plan on achieving Orange Group's own carbon neutrality target of 2040 by reducing network energy consumption, increasing the use of renewable energy in their networks, and to rely more on the circular economy. Similarly, Telefónica plans to reach net-zero emissions by 2025, with Telefónica Group Director of Operational Transformation Juan Manuel Caro Bernat explaining, "We will reduce our carbon footprint as much as possible beyond the 1.5°C scenario. And we will neutralize the remaining emissions through CO₂ absorption projects."

Other industry players also spoke out at the event about how advanced ICT technologies are changing the game across multiple industries. The Managing Director of Vantage Towers Spain Blanca Ceña spoke on how they are using Digital Twins to dramatically reduce the need for tower site visits, saying, "We believe that 5G will be a step-change, for the society and for Europe."

James Crawshaw, Principal Analyst of Service Provider Operations & IT at Omdia Informa Tech, explained how carbon reduction is the new focus for ICT industry:

"Carbon reduction becomes the new focus - the industry must save energy and reduce carbon emissions. From the energy saving perspective, the focus is shifting from reducing absolute energy consumption to both energy consumption reduction and energy utilization efficiency enhancement. From the carbon reduction perspective, carbon emission per unit of data service is becoming a new measure for network greenness, and an applicable definition is needed to enable better carbon reduction roadmap management."

Telecom operators have been long-time proponents of global sustainability efforts, with the mobile sector being the first industry vertical to commit to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals back in 2016. Significant work in network transformation is still needed though for operators to reach their zero carbon targets, and today's announcement by Huawei reaffirms their commitment to supporting this process.

MWC Barcelona 2021 runs from June 28 to July 1 in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei will showcase its products and solutions at Stand 1C50 in Hall 1 at Fira Gran Via. For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwc2021.

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Huawei FreeBuds 4i, hands on: Affordable wireless noise cancelling earbuds Review - ZDNet

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Wireless earbuds are available at a variety of price points, and it can be tricky to work out which are worth having and which are not. For a list price of £79.99 (inc. VAT, currently discounted to £59.99), Huawei's FreeBuds 4i are a neat and comfortable set of buds with good noise cancelling considering their affordable price. But there are some significant annoyances. 

Huawei claims the FreeBuds 4i deliver 10 hours music listening without noise cancelling, or 7.5h with ANC. For voice calls, the durations are 6.5h without ANC, 5.5 with ANC.

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The Huawei FreeBuds 4i sit in a small oval-shaped plastic case measuring 48.0mm by 1.8mm by 27.5 mm deep, and weighing 36.5g. The case has a flat back so it's stable on a desk or table, and I found it slipped into a jacket pocket or the side-pocket of a rucksack easily. On a desk the USB-C charging case presents itself well. Casing ergonomics really matters, and here it's all good -- except, if I'm being picky, for the lack of a spring release on the lid. 

I was sent a white case and buds, but there are also black and red versions available. The box also includes a nice long charge cable and two pairs of silicone tips, with a third pair already fitted to the buds.  

The design of the 5.5g buds themselves is unremarkable. The stems might be a little long, but not annoyingly so, and the wedge-shaped earpiece made a good fit for my ears. My left ear is not a fan of buds and tends to throw them out or reward me with niggly soreness after a few hours of wear. I experienced neither issue here.  

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Huawei rates the 55mAh buds as good for 10 hours of music playback with noise cancelling disabled, 7.5 hours if it's enabled, and 6.5 hours of voice calls with noise cancelling disabled or 5.5 hours enabled. Boosted from the 215mAh battery inside the case, music playback extends to 22 hours. Ten minutes of charging provides 4 hours of audio. A quick early-morning charge saw me through the day without incident.

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I paired the buds with the Android phone I happened to be testing at the time and the job couldn't be simpler. Activate Bluetooth pairing on your handset, open the charging case, press the pairing button on its side, and almost immediately the deed is done. The controls are straightforward: tap on a bud to play, pause, skip forward and back, and call up voice assist; long press to cycle through ANC on, ANC off and awareness mode. 

I found the tap gestures a little unresponsive, although the tap-and-hold gestures were recognised perfectly every time. There are a couple of other annoyances. Volume has to be controlled on the source device and playback continues when a bud is removed from the ear, so this too has to be adjusted on the source device. It's also irritating that there's no app in the Google Play store for fine control, such as making equaliser settings. This is due to the fact that Huawei no longer has access to Google apps. There is an app, available to owners of Huawei handsets, on its own AppGallery, but I was not testing on a Huawei handset, so that wasn't an option. 

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In general I found the quality of music playback acceptable, if not exceptional. Talk radio and calls were fine, as was general background music while thinking about something else. But when I focused on listening to music the lack of bass tones became apparent. I also found the buds just a bit too quiet for use while out and about -- listening to the radio while on a walk or run, for example.  

Good case and bud design and respectable battery life are offset by somewhat unreliable touch controls and a lack of bass tones for serious music listening. Still, Huawei fans with access to its app store might find them an attractive purchase.

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