The annual report, the sixth from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board (HCSEC), found Huawei had made “limited progress” on security issues raised last year.
The United States is pressuring Canada and its allies in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network to ban Huawei because it views the company as an espionage arm of the Chinese state.
(Tingshu Wang/Reuters)
Chong said the delay on banning Huawei is threatening Canada's national security because, in the absence of a clear decision, Telus started using Huawei equipment “on some 80 towers and sites” in Ottawa.
Samsung, which lost its No. 1 position to Huawei in the second quarter, regained the crown in the third thanks in part to the U.S. restrictions on Huawei.
Following the UK decision to ban Huawei, its main competitors Nokia and Ericsson, both European firms, issued statements saying they were ready to step in and replace Huawei equipment in the British network.
Washington and its allies say Huawei technology could be used to spy for China. Huawei has denied this.
Britain has acknowledged that without equipment from Huawei it will take it longer to roll out faster 5G mobile networks.
While large U.S. wireless companies have severed ties with Huawei, small rural carriers have leaned on Huawei and ZTE switches and other gear because they are often less expensive.
She vowed to protect U.S. telecommunications networks from Chinese companies but declined to commit to keeping Huawei on the blacklist.
#Huawei is inextricably tied to the CCP and poses a national security threat.
Huawei has pleaded not guilty.
In a civil lawsuit in Texas, a jury last year found Huawei misappropriated CNEX's secrets, but awarded no damages.
Meng was arrested in Canada in 2018 in connection with the criminal case.
Huawei has repeatedly rejected U.S. charges that its equipment for 5G networks could be used for spying.
An attendee wears a badge strip with the logo of Huawei and a sign for 5G at the World 5G Exhibition in Beijing, China, on Nov. 22, 2019.
Under the current ban, UK operators will not be able to purchase 5G components from Huawei from the end of this year and must remove all existing Huawei gear from the 5G network by 2027, offering opportunities for Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson.
Advertising for Huawei Experience Store Opening in Sydney's Hurstville on Sept. 24, 2020. (Epoch Times)
Australia was the first nation in the world to ban Huawei and ZTE in 2018 from involvement in its 5G network.
Huawei and China's foreign ministry had no immediate comment.
British digital minister Oliver Dowden last week said Britain was working with its allies to foster stronger rivals to Huawei, naming firms from Finland, Sweden, South Korea, and Japan.
The UK government allowed Huawei to build “non-core” parts of its 5G network in April 2019.
The restriction was expanded in January this year, when the UK government limited Huawei to supply 35 percent of the non-core 5G network.
The UK considers NEC a new alternative to Huawei, following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement that Huawei would be removed from the country’s telecom infrastructure.
