New Zealand Bars Huawei From its 5G Network Over Security Fears
November 28 2018 - 1:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Rachel Pannett and Dan Strumpf
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. has
been barred from putting its equipment into New Zealand's 5G
telecommunications network, a fresh setback for the company as
strategic rivalries with China intensify in the region.
Local telecommunications company Spark New Zealand had planned
to use Huawei equipment in a 5G mobile network due to be completed
by July 2020. But the company said Wednesday it had been informed
by security officials that plan would "raise significant national
security risks." Huawei didn't immediately comment.
The decision by New Zealand's Government Communications Security
Bureau comes after The Wall Street Journal reported last week that
the U.S. government has been trying to persuade wireless and
internet providers in allied nations to avoid telecommunications
equipment from Huawei.
American officials briefed government counterparts and telecom
executives in friendly countries where Huawei equipment is already
in wide use, including Germany, Italy and Japan, about what they
see as cybersecurity risks, according to people familiar with the
situation.
In August, Australia's government barred Huawei and ZTE Corp.
from participating in the country's next-generation 5G mobile
network.
Huawei has effectively been locked out of major U.S.
telecommunications networks for years due to fears that its
equipment could be used to spy on Americans, an assertion Huawei
has long denied.
It is set to complete construction of an internet network in
Papua New Guinea, however, despite opposition from Australia, Japan
and the U.S., after the South Pacific country dismissed concerns
about cyberspying.
Write to Rachel Pannett at rachel.pannett@wsj.com and Dan
Strumpf at daniel.strumpf@wsj.com
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