The Western countries' offensive against Huawei

Huawei, the telecommunications infrastructure leader for the 5G mobile Internet network, is in the spotlight of several Western countries, which have taken measures against the Chinese company that they blame for. espionage and threat to security.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday denounced an "unfair and immoral" international campaign.

Here are the main measures taken by Western countries concerning society:

The United States was the first to limit Huawei's activity in the country and launched a campaign to convince its allies to do the same. At the end of 2012, a report from the congressional information committee estimated that the technologies of Huawei and another Chinese company, ZTE, could be used against the security of the United States and demanded to be excluded public procurement.

According to the report, Huawei, a company founded by a former Chinese army engineer, "has not fully cooperated with [su] investigation and hesitated to explain his relations with the Chinese government. "

Huawei was de facto outside the country's telecommunications infrastructure. In December 2017, a congressional lawmakers' letter claimed that the technology of Chinese society was "a threat to security" in the United States.

Meanwhile, telecom groups A & T and Verizon, as well as the distributor distributed BestBuy, decided to no longer sell the brand's phones in the United States.

In August 2018, President Donald Trump, in the military budget of 2019, confirmed the prohibition made to government officials and armed forces to use devices manufactured by Huawei and ZTE.

In 2012, Australian authorities banned Huawei from submitting an offer for the national broadband Internet program, fearing computer attacks.

In 2018, Australia excludes Huawei from 5G's development plan, saying "the involvement of suppliers likely to be the subject of extrajudicial decisions by a foreign government" poses a security risk .

In November, New Zealand follows in the footsteps of Australia, officially due to technological incompatibility.

And in December, Japan did the same, with the approval of a regulation to avoid "leakage of information", but without specifically mentioning Huawei, according to the Nikkei newspaper.

In December, the Czech cybersecurity agency warned against the use of programs and equipment by Huawei and ZTE, ensuring that these pose a threat to the security of the Czech Republic .

"Chinese laws require Chinese-based private companies to cooperate with information services," the agency said.

One of Huawei's officials in Poland was arrested in mid-January by the Polish internal service ABW, accused of spying for the benefit of Beijing. A senior government official later said that the country was carrying out Huawei equipment inventory to avoid risks.

In the UK, where the government says "very worried", operator Vodafone has suspended the purchase of Huawei equipment for its infrastructure in Europe.

For its part, BT announced in December that it would remove Huawei materials from its existing 3G and 4G networks.

Germany was more cautious. The president of the German anti-cybercrime organization (BSI) said in December that "to make as serious decisions as a boycott, tests are needed".

In France, two operators use Huawei equipment in their 4G network and carry out 5G tests. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian spoke last week about Huawei's "risks".

In Norway, whose networks use Huawei equipment, the government said it was thinking about "reducing vulnerability".