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Huawei-founded Baicells telecom equipment firm under FBI radar: Report

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A new report says that Huawei-founded Baicells telecom equipment firm is going through an FBI investigation. The Bureau is looking into how the tele company works and whether it has any risk factors toward the national security of the U.S.

The Baicells Technologies is a telecom equipment company founded in 2014 by senior Huawei veterans. The firm provides innovative 4G LTE and 5G NR Access solutions for mobile network operations, enterprises, and service providers.

Huawei’s Baicells also connects to over 80 countries around the globe. This point raised questions in the minds of U.S. lawmakers about the telecom company.

Baicells’s official website reveals that it initiated a business in North America in 2015-16 in Wisconsin. Since then, the company has been offering telecom hardware and relevant solutions to 700 commercial network operators in every U.S. state.

Following this detail, the U.S. and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) now started probing the Huawei Baicells telecom equipment firm. The Bureau sent a summon to the company and advised it to review it, checking if it has any side effects.

Investigation

FBI has been interested in investigating Baicell hardware, network solutions, and Chinese origins since at least 2019. Now it has the right moment to look into it.

The Justice Department’s former top security attorney – John Carlin said that reviewing Baicells would be a priority as it raises the same type of risks as Huawei. US fears that China is secretly using telecoms to strengthen its spy on America.

Baicells on the other hand responded to the matter saying it will cooperate with the investigation. The Chairman of telecom equipment firm – Sun Lixin said:

“Baicells does not believe there are any security risks associated with its radio products.”

US is constantly adding so-called ‘risky Chinese companies’ to the scrutiny or entity list. How many more China-based firms will join this list would be worth looking forward to.

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Huawei-founded Baicells telecom equipment firm under FBI radar: Report (Image Credits: Baicells)

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