Leap of faith paying dividends for Huawei

Overseas companies looking to establish long-standing, fruitful business partnerships with Chinese telecom gear maker

Olaf Swantee, CEO of Sunrise, the second-largest telecom carrier in Switzerland, was surprised when news surfaced in May that Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei Technologies Co was put on a US trade blacklist due to charges of security risks.

"I have worked with Huawei since 2010 and I have always found it a great partner, highly secure and reliable, and it has never interfered in data," said Swantee. The senior executive was the CEO of UK telecom carrier EE till 2016 where he worked with Huawei extensively.