TELECOM equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. is confident some European telecom firms will choose it to provide 5G technology for their core networks, the firm’s chief representative to the EU, Abraham Liu, said Friday.

Speaking to reporters in Copenhagen, Liu said he was confident European operators would pick Huawei as a provider of technology for their so-called core networks where sensitive data are processed.

“It’s important to let operators have the freedom of choice, and they are going to judge which supplier can bring them the best business value,” Liu said.

The European Union in January unveiled new 5G guidelines for member states, in which it allowed individual countries to decide what part Huawei could play in their networks.

Britain recently granted Huawei a limited role in its 5G mobile network by ruling it would be allowed into the non-sensitive parts of the network. The British decision disappointed the White House and resulted in an angry phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Liu said that after Huawei installs its 5G network technology, operators have “100 percent control” over any information flows in the network and that any access to the network is recorded.

“We build the whole highway and then the operators of the highway will handle the tollgate and how many cars are running on the highway,” he said.

“We give the key...They have the full control of that.”

Germany and France have yet to take an official stance on whether to limit or ban individual 5G technology suppliers from their mobile networks.

The cybersecurity agency in France, where Huawei has announced plans to build a manufacturing plant, is currently screening 5G equipment, including Huawei’s. (SD-Agencies)