Germany: Huawei calls for dialogue over 5G at SPD party convention

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M/S Employees at the Huawei presentation booth
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M/S Head of Corporate Communications for Huawei Technologies Germany Carsten Senz talking to Senior Marketing Manager Wireless Michael Lemke
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SOT, Carsten Senz, Head of Corporate Communications for Huawei Technologies Germany (German): "We have been present at many political conferences in Germany for many years already. I believe it’s very important to have a dialogue with German politics. It is also very important to talk to each other, not only about each other, and especially have an exchange of technical information with each other."
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SOT, Carsten Senz, Head of Corporate Communications for Huawei Technologies Germany (German): "Of course we see the debate and as you see we are here and want to be part of the debate, and mainly we want to return the discussion to a factual level.''
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SOT, Carsten Senz, Head of Corporate Communications for Huawei Technologies Germany (German): "It definitely has to be discussed and we are ready for this, certainly to talk about the security of 5G networks and that is why we are here.''
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SOT, Carsten Senz, Head of Corporate Communications for Huawei Technologies Germany (German): "Companies have to cooperate with politicians not only in Germany but worldwide. This is the only way to make networks secure.''
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SOT, Carsten Senz, Head of Corporate Communications for Huawei Technologies Germany (German): "The exclusion of a single company will never enhance the security of networks, rather the opposite, it will make it less secure.''
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W/S Other sponsor companies present at the SPD convention
W/S Other sponsor companies present at the SPD convention
W/S Other sponsor companies present at the SPD convention
W/S Other sponsor companies present at the SPD convention
W/S Delegates at the SPD convention
M/S Delegates at the SPD convention
M/S Delegates at the SPD convention
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The exclusion of a single company "will never enhance the security of (5G) networks," head of corporate Communications for Chinese tech giant Huawei said at the convention of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) in Berlin on Saturday.
The remarks were made as discussions over Huawei's potential involvement in the development of Germany's 5G network continue inside and outside Germany.
"We are here and want to be part of the debate, and mainly we want to return the discussion to a factual level,'' Carsten Senz stated.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that individual vendors should not be prevented from taking part in the development of Germany's 5G network from the outset but called for high security standards. Senior lawmakers within her coalition have nevertheless called for an outright ban on Huawei.
The US has blacklisted the Chinese multinational over suspected ties to the Chinese state, allegations that Huawei rejects.