In the UK, where Huawei has a strong presence in the country’s telecom infrastructure, authorities specifically tasked with assessing the company’s security risks warned earlier this year that Huawei products had “critical shortfalls.”

As with all major U.S. wireless carriers, T-Mobile and Sprint don't use Huawei equipment, but their majority owners, Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG and Japan's SoftBank Group Ltd, respectively, use some Huawei gear in overseas markets.

“As you are aware, Huawei is not a normal private-sector company.

“How can we believe what the Premier says about the role of Huawei in the free Wi-Fi project?”

Meng, chief financial officer of Huawei, was arrested Dec. 1 in Vancouver, Canada, on charges of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

In the United States, Huawei is under criminal investigation for allegedly violating Iran sanctions.

, and would remove Huawei equipment from its 3G and 4G networks.

In the U.K., another Five Eyes member state, the BT Group telecom giant has said it will not use Huawei in its 5G network.

However, Huawei and Skycom were effectively the same company, Gibb-Carsley said. He argued that Huawei ran Skycom as a subsidiary, adding that Skycom employees used Huawei email addresses and referred to themselves as Huawei employees.

Reports emerged on Tuesday that Huawei has been the top corporate sponsor of international trips for Australian federal politicians.

Schellenberg’s retrial that led to his death sentence, along with the detention of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, all occurred after Canadian officials arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on an extradition

But a salesman for telecom gear maker Huawei, Wang Weijing, will remain under temporary arrest for at least another three months, his defense lawyer said. Wang was fired by Huawei after his arrest.

U.S. officials accuse Huawei, Meng, and other employees of deceiving global financial institutions and the U.S. government regarding Huawei business activities related to Iran.

Meng is CFO and vice chairman of Huawei, one of China’s flagship telecom companies.

Two Canadians have been detained in Beijing since the Dec. 1 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, by the RCMP.

The latter three have already banned Huawei from their 5G networks. The U.K.’s BT Group, one of the largest telecom companies in the country, has rejected using Huawei in its 5G network.

Shortly afterward, Huawei was placed on a blacklist that forbids U.S. companies and their affiliates from dealing with the company. The logo of Huawei at the Viva Technology conference in Paris on June 12, 2025.

National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security on the threat from Huawei, one source familiar with the meeting told Reuters.

Huawei is one of the Chinese Communist Party’s darlings and a source of national pride as the world’s largest supplier of telecommunications equipment.

The news that the lucrative contract had been won was first released by the Huawei itself in a news release on July 6. 

, according to Huawei.

Additionally, the company provided a 15 percent subsidy for employees’ purchases of Huawei products for personal use.

A Huawei sign outside a store selling mobile phones in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2018.

Meng was also president of three listed companies in Hong Kong—Huawei Tech. Investment Co., Ltd., Huawei International Co. Limited, and Hua Ying management Co. Limited.

Other senators also expressed that they supported U.S. sanctions on Huawei.

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at a parole office building in Vancouver on Dec. 12, 2018.

Earlier this year, neighboring Australia banned Huawei from supplying 5G equipment, also citing security risks.

The Chinese regime also has targeted Canada since the arrest of Meng, the chief financial officer and "heiress" of Huawei.

A pedestrian walks past a Huawei product stand in London, UK, on April 29, 2019.

Huawei and Samsung both declined to comment.