It is an industry crucial to the 21st century,but two of its biggest players are going in opposite directions.
China is making life difficult for Apple ahead of the release of the new iPhone. It isn’t a coincidence.
The low-key launch of a new Chinese phone set off a scramble to unravel its mysteries. It is also sure to have sent tremors through Washington.
“These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications.”
In a budget estimates hearing on Tuesday,it was revealed a new deal worth $327 million with Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia was signed on December 22 last year.
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti revealed in parliament on Tuesday the government had also entered into a $327 million contract with Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia and Networks Australia.
Banned by the United States and Australia and shut out by other western nations,Huawei is ramping up its 5G push into south-east Asia.
Cabinet Minister Peter Dutton says he threatened to resign from Malcolm Turnbull’s ministry in order to pressure him into banning Huawei from the 5G network.
Upgrading Australia’s communications network meant our national security experts had to get to grips with tech titan Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government. A ban would infuriate Chinese leaders. The alternative was worse.
A senior spy says the main risk posed by Huawei’s involvement in Australia’s 5G system was not Chinese spying but that Beijing could order the company to disconnect the network altogether.
The deal would allow Meng Wanzhou to return to China from Canada,in exchange for admitting wrongdoing,the Wall Street Journal reported.