China on Friday asked Italy
for fair conditions for its firms after Rome on Thursday
exercised its golden powers on the 5G services of Tim, Vodafone,
Wind Tre, Fastweb and Linkem potentially affecting Chinese
telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE.
China "hopes that Italy opts for a strategy of mutual trust
and mutual benefit by providing all fair conditions for Chinese
businesses to deepen cooperation and bring more tangible
benefits to the two countries," said foreign minister
spokesperson Geng Shuang, commenting on the Italian government's
decision.
The move was the first major economic measure taken by the
new 5-Star-Democratic Party (M5S-PD) government.
"Huawei and Zte are the top providers and have a good
reputation among distributors," Geng said during an afternoon
press conference.
The new government under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte made
its debut on Thursday with Golden Power on 5G, ultra-fast
internet that has raised concern among Western nations -
especially the US - about security if the Chinese Huawei and Zte
build the networks.
"There is no proof that show our products suffer from
security risks," the spokesman said.
For many years, the two companies "have worked with Italian
groups and research centers and have made and continue to make
massive investments, creating jobs and contributing also in
Italy to industrial development and modernisation of
infrastructure. This cooperation with Italian groups has never
led to issues being raised about security," he added.
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