According to foreign media reports, Huawei, a Chinese communications manufacturer, is calling on the US Federal Trade Commission to hold a hearing this fall to discuss whether Huawei should be allowed to compete in the US telecommunications market. The US government has always claimed that Huawei will pose a threat to US national security. .
Specifically, Huawei is opposing a proposal from the FCC that US telecommunications operators purchasing Huawei equipment will not be eligible for government funding. The FCC has issued a proposal to prevent any network operator (regardless of size) from using the General Service Fund to purchase Equipment of a company that may pose a threat to national security. The FCC's move is widely believed to be the US government's attempt to prevent Chinese equipment maker Huawei from participating in the US telecommunications market.
Huawei has been providing wireless network equipment to wireless network operators in small rural areas in the United States, including SI Wireless, Viaero, NE Colorado Cellular and United Telephone Association.
According to a recent report by market research firm Dell' Oro group, Huawei is the fourth largest wireless access network equipment (RAN) supplier in the US market, behind Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung.
Huawei seems eager to continue to retain this business. The company is calling on the FTC to hold a hearing to discuss whether it can continue to provide equipment for the US market.
'FTC's forthcoming hearing is an appropriate forum for addressing legislative and administrative actions that have a negative impact on US telecommunications market competition.' Huawei said in a document that it also pointed out that the US government is preventing the company from developing its business in the US market. Evidence. 'Although Huawei believes these concerns are unfounded, the FTC has a unique position to help assess the likelihood and scope of such harm and to provide expertise to decision makers.'
Huawei added: 'The FTC's hearing on competition and consumer protection provides the FTC with an opportunity to address the imminent unreasonable restrictions on competition and the damage to consumers in the telecommunications industry. Given the FTC as a competition The long history of advocates, which is uniquely positioned to help prevent proposed restrictions, will unnecessarily limit consumer choice and cause market inefficiencies.