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Huawei Joins Paris Call for Trust, Security in Cyberspace

Huawei Technologies has joined the to ensuring security for all customers member of the Paris Call, we will advocate
Paris Call, a declaration aimed at spurring and users. “The quest for better security zealously for the universal adoption
collective action toward securing serves as the foundation of our existence, of objective testing and verification
cyberspace. In becoming a Paris Call said John Suffolk, Global Cyber Security & standards for all technology vendors. By
member, Huawei joins 564 other entities Privacy Officer at Huawei. “We fully support relying on objective third-party standards
who have made a public commitment any endeavor, idea or suggestion that can to test the security of technology made by
to strengthening the security of digital enhance the resilience and security of any vendor, we can ensure that decisions
products and digital systems. The products and services for Governments, about security are based on facts, rather
group’s members include 67 states, customers and their customers. We than emotions or political rhetoric. Huawei
139 international and civil society support global collaborative action on will work with governments, other private
organizations, and 358 private-sector improving defenses against cybercrime, companies, and civil society to promote
companies. Launched by the French including openness, transparency and capacity-building measures that make the
government in November 2018, the Paris internationally agreed standards”. As a digital world more secure.
Call is a declaration of commitment to
work collaboratively on one of the world’s
most challenging issues. Members work
together to make digital products more
secure, strengthen collective defenses
against cybercrime, and promote
cooperation among stakeholders across
national borders. They also pledge
adherence to international norms of
responsible behavior in cyber space. As
a leading provider of information and
communications technology, Huawei
invests heavily in research aimed at
making our products and solutions as
secure as possible, and is committed

Nokia Anticipates That Brazil’s 5G Auction Will Be

World’s Largest

Nokia’s CTO for Latin America believes that and 700MHz frequencies meanwhile will frequencies up for bidding in March 2020,
Brazil’s impending auction of 5G-ready facilitate the ultra-reliable and low latency Cardoso noted that it would be the world’s
spectrum will be the world’s largest. In communications required for industry. largest 5G auction yet. The regulator is
an interview with Reuters, Nokia’s Wilson These latter frequencies were described also cooperating with other vendors,
Cardoso noted that Brazil was the vendor’s by Cardoso as the “crown jewels”. He including Ericsson and Huawei, although
largest market in the continent and claimed has previously stated his belief that 5G’s Cardoso was confident that the Chinese
that Brazil had the “political will to carry greatest impact in Latin America will be vendor in particular could lose out due to
out a large spectrum auction” in Q1 2020. on industry, including agriculture, mining, the widely-known security concerns over
He noted that Nokia was hotly anticipating and energy such as smart grids. Nokia is its equipment. He referred to Nokia as “the
5G’s debut in Brazil. The country’s regulator working in these sectors with partners in western alternative to Huawei’s products
Anatel is currently finalizing the licensing Brazil and Chile, and conducted 5G trials and their direct competitor, as our end-to-
process, having in May allocated 2.3GHz with Brazil’s TIM Participacoes in February end portfolios are quite compatible.”
and 3.5GHz frequencies for 5G. The 26GHz last year. If Anatel opts to put all four

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