The US had urged Trudeau’s government. To deny Huawei’s role in building the country’s 5G infrastructure, saying it would allow Beijing to more easily spy on Canadians
The US had urged Trudeau’s government. To deny Huawei’s role in building the country’s 5G infrastructure, saying it would allow Beijing to more easily spy on Canadians
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has decided to ban China’s Huawei Technologies from Canada’s next-generation mobile network.
The development of 5G or fifth-generation networks will give people faster online connections and provide vast data capacity to meet extreme demand as more and more things connect to the Internet and innovations such as virtual reality, immersive gaming and autonomous vehicles emerge. Huh.
The United States has long pressured Trudeau’s government to deny Huawei’s role in building the country’s 5G infrastructure, saying it would allow Beijing to more easily spy on Canadians.
A spokesman for Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino, confirmed the move on Thursday.
Huawei is the largest global supplier of network gear for phone and Internet companies. It has been a symbol of China’s progress in becoming a technological world power – and has been the subject of US security and law enforcement concerns. Some analysts say Chinese companies have violated international rules and norms and plagiarized technology.
China, the US and Canada effectively completed a high-stakes prisoner swap last year involving a top Huawei executive who was accused of fraud. China jailed two Canadians shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies and the daughter of the company’s founder, over a US extradition request.
Several countries have dubbed China’s actions “hostage politics”, while China has described the allegations against Huawei and Meng as a politically motivated attempt to stifle China’s economic and technological development.