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Huawei founder says revenue will be billions below forecast
an hour ago
17 June 2019
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei speaks at a roundtable at the telecom giant's headquarters in Shenzhen in southern China on Monday, June 17, 2019. Huawei's founder has likened his company to a badly damaged plane and says revenues will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Huawei’s founder likened his company to a badly damaged plane Monday and said revenues will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years.
The Chinese telecom giant will reduce capacity but U.S. moves to restrict its business “will not stop us,” Ren Zhengfei, who is also the CEO, said on a panel at company headquarters.
He said the company expected revenues of about $100 billion annually for the next two years, compared to $105 billion in 2018. In February, he said the company was targeting $125 billion in 2019.
In May, the U.S. has put Huawei on a blacklist, meaning that American companies that want to sell parts to Huawei will need approval from the U.S. Commerce Department.
U.S. officials have accused Chinese technology companies such as Huawei of stealing trade secrets and threatening cybersecurity — possibly at the behest of the ruling Communist Party.
The action comes as Huawei and competitors prepare to launch next generation 5G mobile networks.
Ren said there are no backdoors in its equipment that anyone could access, and that Huawei is willing to enter into a no backdoor agreement with any nation that wants one.
He said it never occurred to Huawei that the American government would be so determined to take such a wide range of what he called extreme measures against the company.
“I think both sides will suffer,” he said. “No one will win.”
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an hour ago
17 June 2019
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei speaks at a roundtable at the telecom giant's headquarters in Shenzhen in southern China on Monday, June 17, 2019. Huawei's founder has likened his company to a badly damaged plane and says revenues will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Huawei’s founder likened his company to a badly damaged plane Monday and said revenues will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years.
The Chinese telecom giant will reduce capacity but U.S. moves to restrict its business “will not stop us,” Ren Zhengfei, who is also the CEO, said on a panel at company headquarters.
He said the company expected revenues of about $100 billion annually for the next two years, compared to $105 billion in 2018. In February, he said the company was targeting $125 billion in 2019.
In May, the U.S. has put Huawei on a blacklist, meaning that American companies that want to sell parts to Huawei will need approval from the U.S. Commerce Department.
U.S. officials have accused Chinese technology companies such as Huawei of stealing trade secrets and threatening cybersecurity — possibly at the behest of the ruling Communist Party.
The action comes as Huawei and competitors prepare to launch next generation 5G mobile networks.
Ren said there are no backdoors in its equipment that anyone could access, and that Huawei is willing to enter into a no backdoor agreement with any nation that wants one.
He said it never occurred to Huawei that the American government would be so determined to take such a wide range of what he called extreme measures against the company.
“I think both sides will suffer,” he said. “No one will win.”
Huawei says US sanctions will cost it billions in revenue
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Huawei's founder said Monday that the Chinese telecom giant's revenue will be $30 billion less than forecast over the next two years, as he compared the company to a "badly damaged plane" as a result of U.S. government actions against it.