Huawei refutes claim it stole patents
September 10, 2019 Category IT & Telecom, Weekly
Huawei Technologies has refuted claims by a Portuguese inventor that it had stolen one of its patents. The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice had investigated Huawei in connection with a theft of smartphone-camera patents alleged by a Portuguese inventor, Rui Pedro Oliveira. Huawei said “these allegations are false”, adding it was “clear that Mr. Oliveira is taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation”. Huawei filed a complaint against Oliveira in March in the U.S., seeking to get an American court to declare that no patent infringement had taken place. The case is pending. Huawei has been indicted in multiple lawsuits related to allegations it violated U.S. business laws by doing business with Iran, a sanctioned country, and infringing intellectual property rights, among other things.
Huawei, from its side, accused the U.S. government of tactics that “threaten, menace, coerce, entice and incite both current and former Huawei employees to turn against the company”.
Huawei unveiled its latest high-end system-on-chip (SoC) 5G chipset, Kirin 990, in Berlin. The 7-nanometer chipset is the most powerful 5G SoC, which supports both 5G NSA and SA networks and is a “revolutionary breakthrough” in both 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, Richard Yu Chengdong, Director of Huawei’s smartphone business, said at the launch ceremony of the Kirin 990 at IFA in Berlin. The new chipset is expected to power Huawei’s Mate 30 series of 5G-capable smartphones that can reach an upload speed of 1.25 Gbps and download speed of 2.3 Gbps. The forthcoming Mate 30 series does not rely on U.S. chipsets, showcasing the self-reliance of Huawei’s core technologies.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki signed an agreement to secure 5G wireless networks in Poland, a move that could result in blocking Huawei and other Chinese telecom firms from its networks. The deal with Poland comes as the U.S. has been courting companies to reject Chinese technology in their next generation wireless networks, telling allies it could put their citizens’ data at risk of espionage. Although China was not specifically mentioned, the agreement states that suppliers should be given a “rigorous evaluation”, including whether they are controlled by a foreign government, and be subject to “independent judicial review”. Pence said the agreement with Poland would set a “vital example for the rest of Europe”. Huawei has denied that its products could be used for espionage on behalf of the Chinese government.
Huawei said that it has shipped more than 200,000 5G base stations worldwide, a big step forward compared with its earlier announcement of 150,000 base stations in late June. The company also secured over 50 commercial contracts for 5G with carriers globally, among which 28 contracts are from Europe, 11 from the Middle East, six from the Asia-Pacific region, four from the Americas, and one from Africa. In the first half of this year, Huawei posted CNY401.3 billion in revenue, marking a 23.2% year-on-year jump. Its net profit grew 8.7% in the period.
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