Canada to ban Huawei from 5G network
Smart phone with the logo of Huawei and 5G. The 5g are new communication technologies that Huawei incorporates. United States, California, Friday, January 17, 2020,
The federal government is banning Huawei from Canada’s 5G network, according to the National Post.
The move sees Canada following the footsteps of its allies in the Five Eyes intelligence network. The alliance includes Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S. Each of these countries have restricted the use of Huawei equipment.
The decision has been in the works for years, prompting some companies to move ahead with their 5G networks without Huawei. For example, Telus and Bell are working with Nokia and Ericsson to build their 5G networks. Rogers is working with Ericsson.
Telus and Bell have previously asked the federal government to compensate them to remove Huawei equipment utilized in their 4G networks.
A detailed timeline explaining how Canada got to this point is available here.
More to come…
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Source: National Post