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Australia is preparing to ban Huawei Technologies from providing equipment for its 5G broadband network after its intelligence agencies complained that Beijing could force the Chinese phone company to transmit sensitive data, indicated two sources. The years have raised concerns about Huawei's ties to the Chinese government and the possibility that his equipment could be used for espionage.
But there has never been any public evidence to support these suspicions.
Huawei, the largest maker of Gear and the No. 3 smartphone provider, have promised that Canberra will have a complete monitoring of the 5G network equipment, which could include base stations, towers and radio transmission equipment.
This surveillance model has been accepted by other countries. United Kingdom, where a special laboratory made up of government intelligence officials examines all Huawei products. [19659002] Other Western countries, including New Zealand, Canada, and Germany, also have sufficient safeguards to ensure that Huawei equipment does not contain "backdoors" or "backdoors." other mechanisms for monitoring or collecting secret information. told lawmakers that control will not dispel their concerns, two political sources who were informed of the issue said: Reuters.
"This is a Chinese company, and according to communist law they must work intelligence agencies if asked," said one of the government sources. "There are not many other companies in the world that have their own political committees."
Both sources refused to be identified because they were not allowed to talk to the media.
Huawei has already been mostly excluded from the US giant market on national security concerns. Its activity serving small rural telecom operators is now threatened by new attacks from US lawmakers in recent weeks.
Huawei's ban in Australia continues as tensions and ambitions increase in the region.
Relations between the two countries are at their lowest since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accused Beijing of interfering in Canberra's affairs last year and China has slowed down some Australian imports
towers that would then be leased to mobile service providers such as Telstra
Mobile carriers generally have access to confidential personal information, such as Internet search history or e-mail. But in Australia and most other countries, strict laws govern when and how they can do it.
Australian intelligence agencies worry that if mobile operators rely on Huawei's equipment, the Chinese company could develop a way to collect data. the stability of the network. Chinese law requires organizations and citizens to support, assist and cooperate with intelligence services.
