Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence network that does not ban Huawei 5G devices in their country. But recently they announced plans to block 5G technology from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp.
Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance consisting of a combination of countries from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
"We intend to exclude Huawei and ZTE from our 5G network." said Canadian Minister of Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne as reported to us from Gizmochina, Sunday (22/5/2022).
Providers who have already installed this equipment will be asked to stop using it and remove it based on the plan we announced today. "He continued.
According to a recently announced plan, companies will be asked to take off their 5G equipment in June 2024 and will not receive any replacement for such equipment.
On the other hand, companies that use Huawei or ZTE 4G devices have until the end of 2027 to remove them.
In response to this, the Chinese government has expressed opposition to the decision with the country’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.
"We will take all necessary actions to protect the legitimate interests of Chinese companies."
A Chinese embassy spokesman accused Canada of working with the United States to put pressure on Chinese companies.
Alykhan Velshi, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Huawei said in an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that the company is still waiting to hear what kind of national security threats they think Huawei poses.
He added that Huawei still has 1,500 employees in Canada, mostly in research and development, and sells products such as mobile phones and will continue to do so.
In a question Huawei Canada expressed its disappointment with the Canadian government's decision. This is an unfortunate political decision that has nothing to do with cybersecurity or whatever technology is in question.
"For the past 13 years, Huawei Canada has dedicated itself to helping Canadian operators build their wireless networks and provide quality service to the Canadian people." write a statement Huawei Canada.
"Huawei equipment, including hardware and software, has been regularly and meticulously inspected by the government and its security agencies in accordance with strict quality standards. There were no security incidents caused by Huawei equipment during this period. We are proud of our security record in Canada. . " The connection.
It is known that Canada first announced its plans to review Huawei equipment for national security reasons in September 2018.
Later that year, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada causing long -running diplomatic tensions between the two countries that ended with Meng Wanzhou’s release in September last year.
