Despite repeated warnings and scaremongering from Washington, Belgium’s center for cybersecurity has not found any evidence to suggest that equipment provided by Chinese telecom giant Huawei could be used for spying purposes.
The Belgian agency looked into potential threats posed by Huawei, but found no proof of any “spying threat” posed by using technology provided by the company, which supplies telecom equipment to Belgian mobile operators Proximus, Orange Belgium, and Telenet.
“Until now we have not found technical indications that point in the direction of a spying threat,” a spokesman for the Belgian agency said on Monday, adding that it would not yet publish a final report on the matter and is “continuing to look into it.”
Washington has also been pressuring European countries into similarly banning Huawei technology, although its efforts have been mostly unsuccessful. In March, the European Commission ignored US calls to ban Huawei, but urged member states to continue assessing any cybersecurity threats.
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sarcastically thanked the Trump administration in February for talking about the alleged threat so much, which he said ultimately was helping to “promote” the technology.