Huawei hits back at Cisco allegations

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is fighting back against claims made by Cisco that one of its executives misstated facts about a past intellectual property battle between the two companies. "As a world respected leader, Huawei is disappointed with the continued rhetorical tactics from Cisco," said William Plummer, a spokesman for Huawei said in a statement. "We prefer to compete on the merits of our products." Plummer also claimed that Cisco may have violated a provision of the companies' lawsuit agreement for publicly posting excerpts of a confidential expert's report about the intellectual property case.