AT&T CEO Weighs In on Huawei: ‘Our Government Is Asking the Right Questions’

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that the U.S. Government is asking the right questions when it comes to Huawei, and that Europe may not really have a choice in whether or not to ban the Chinese vendor. In a discussion this week at the Economic Club in Washington D.C., Stephenson addressed some of the concerns swirling around the Chinese equipment vendor, noting that they seem to be misunderstood or unclear. He clarified what he saw as the risk for allowing Huawei in a 5G network. “I don’t think our government is doing the best work in explaining why the security risk exists,” he said. “To me, the biggest risk is not that the Chinese government might listen in on our phone conversations or mine our data somehow if we use their equipment. That’s not the issue.”