US unnecessarily scared of Huawei: Guo Fulin.

The United States is unnecessarily scared of Huawei, a top official of the Chinese tecknology giant said yesterday.

Speaking to Pakistani journalists here, Guo Fulin - President international media affairs of Huawei - said his organisation encouraged healthy competition where the best can win.

'We are providing facilities to the end users. That is why we are popular. People across the world are appreciating our services and are becoming our customers,' he said. Fulin said the US sanctions against Huawei were uncalled for. 'What have we done? We have only demonstrated that we are here. We are not against anyone,' he added.

He said Huawei was working to explore the digital transformation and technological innovation of the transportation industry.

'With the rapid integration of Information Communications Technology and the smart transportation industry, we are embracing the digital road era. Innovative products and solutions for electronic toll collection holographic road perception, and Internet of Vehicles, will result in safer, more efficient, and smarter transportation systems for urban roads, while continuously improving transport capacity, and stimulating service innovation,' Fulin said.

In recent years, he said, digitization and intelligence had become comprehensive worldwide trends. Following this trend, highways throughout China will be upgraded from traditional manual toll collection to aiyomatdd during 2019,' he said. Huawei, he said, was committed to introducing the concept of smart power supply to the transportation industry in order to deal with heavy traditional power supply devices and low reliability.

Fulin said Huawei was dedicated to providing customers with innovative transportation solutions such as digital railway and digital urban rail.

'To this end, Huawei has served over 230,000 km of railways and highways, and more than 170 urban rail lines in over 70 cities across the globe,' he said.

Fulin outlined the current status of 5G development around the world. In addition to highlighting the value 5G has already brought to consumers and industries...