Tag: Huawei

Aus-China relations tested by telco

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s decision to jointly fund a $200 million undersea cable linking the Solomon Islands and Australia – a move that has seen Chinese telco Huawei frozen out...

Huawei Oz boss hits at pollies

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The boss of Huawei Australia has hit back at calls from both sides of Parliament for the Chinese-owned telco to be banned from any involvement in the country’s 5G...

Spooks form a view on TelcoLand

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A decision whether Chinese telecommunication companies will be prevented from selling telecommunications equipment in the United States is expected soon. The Trump administration has considered using an executive order...

China cyber deal a shocking rort

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Buoyed by its rather spectacular failure to ink a deeply flawed extradition treaty with China, the Turnbull government has once more charged fearlessly into fresh deals with the country’s...

UK’s new tech security concerns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China has moved into the spotlight in Australia as a security threat to national networks and technology infrastructure, casting further doubts about any significant benefits that might flow from...

President Xi’s seduction in Seattle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is intensifying competition between the world’s two largest economies in the technology sector. Part of this competition is overt – with Chinese tech and internet companies now of...

Huawei CEO opens charm offensive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s not often Australia hosts the global CEO of a multinational technology outfit. That changed briefly last week when networking giant Huawei’s chief executive, Ken Hu, shared a platform...