ZURICH (Reuters) – Huawei smartphone sales in Western Europe have risen “in the past few days” as customers grow more confident the Chinese company will weather U.S. sanctions imposed last month, an executive for the Chinese firm said on Friday.
An employee displays a Huawei 5G Smartphone Mate 20X smartphone at a Sunrise telecommunications shop in Opfikon, Switzerland June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Walter Ji, Western Europe consumer business group president for Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, also said it was still unclear how new Huawei phones would be affected by the ban that bars U.S. firms from doing business with the Chinese company.
Washington imposed the ban in May due to security concerns about the firm’s ties to China’s government.
Huawei, which says its products pose no security threat, said this week the ban was hurting more than expected and would wipe $30 billion from its revenues.
Ji told a news conference in Zurich that sales had risen “in the past few days” in Western Europe but he did not give figures or more details.
“People are starting to understand the reality,” Ji said. “In existing phones, which have been pre-loaded, it won’t be…
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