Re: Quelle surprise
is that they dont have the necessary backdoors for snooping
You're close to "the ball": The Chinese Security agencies don't want to share the backdoors with the west. This bit, the west can "tolerate", however, the biggest grievances is the price of their kit.
Huawei’s prices “were not market-based,” said an equipment industry executive who has worked for years in North America. “They made no sense.”
Roger Entner, an analyst at Recon Analytics, estimated Huawei and its compatriot, ZTE, charged 30% to 50% less than rivals.