Huawei: The United States wants to defame us because they can not compete with us

"The US government has a loser attitude, it wants to defame Huawei because it can not compete with Huawei," said Friday Guo Ping, chairman of the world's largest producer of telecommunications equipment and the world's third-largest maker of smartphones. .

"I hope the United States will be able to change its attitude," Guo told a press conference attended by more than 100 journalists from around the world. The US Embbady in China declined to comment.

Huawei announced a slowdown in earnings growth in 2018, as its network activity saw its first decline in revenue in two years, offsetting a 45% increase in profits for its unit. smartphone.

Huawei's prospects were complicated last time after the United States had expressed concern that the equipment of the Chinese company could be used for espionage. Washington also urged its allies to ban Huawei from building mobile networks 5G next generation.

The latest blow to the company came on Thursday when the United Kingdom accused it of failing to repair the security flaws in its mobile network equipment for a long time and revealed new "significant technical problems".

In 2018, the Shenzen-based company announced a net profit of 59.3 billion yuan ($ 9,000 million), up 25 percent over the previous year. Its total revenue increased by nearly 20 percent to about 721 billion yuan, the fastest growth rate in two years.