China's Huawei says Italy should not act on 'baseless allegations'

Reuters

Published Jul 09, 2020 06:17AM ET

MILAN (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies defended its record as a private sector infrastructure group on Thursday following reports Italy was considering excluding it from building its planned 5G network over security concerns.

"We are firmly convinced that the security and development of digital Italy should be based on an approach grounded in facts and not baseless allegations," the company said in a statement.