Huawei receives go-ahead for $1.2bn UK research center

NIKKEI Asia 06.26.2020 1 min read
Huawei receives go-ahead for $1.2bn UK research center
Huawei receives go-ahead for $1.2bn UK research center
The Chinese telecom giant says the facility will employee around 400 people. © Reuters

Facility likely to irk US, as Britain tries to mitigate Chinese security risks.

LONDON (Reuters) — China’s Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound ($1.2 billion) research and development facility in England.

The new centre will employee around 400 people and focus on producing optical equipment used in fibre-optic communication systems, Huawei said in a statement.

The development is likely to anger officials in the United States and some British lawmakers who say Huawei’s equipment can be used by Beijing for spying and that Britain should reconsider a January decision to allow it a limited role in its 5G networks. The company denies the charges.

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