Huawei pleads not guilty to accusations it stole T-Mobile's trade secrets

Two divisions of the Chinese networking giant Huawei pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that it stole trade secrets from America's third-largest wireless carrier, T-Mobile, in a bid to copy its technology. In federal court in Seattle, Huawei -- one of the world's biggest wireless equipment makers -- said it was not guilty of committing trade secret theft, nor of conspiring to hide such a plan. The case involves Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and Huawei Device USA. A jury trial has been set for March 2, 2020, before Chief Judge Ricardo S. Martinez of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The pleas follow a 10-count indictment unsealed last month alleging in part that the Huawei divisions tried to collect information about a robotic arm that T-Mobile used to simulate human touch on its smartphones.