Tag: Huawei

‘Connected city’ planning needed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia, like all other developed Nations, will see an immense increase in population in our cities over the next few decades. With this expansion we will face numerous challenges;...

Huawei ban is a bad business

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Australian government has announced an effective ban on Chinese telecommunications vendors from participating in the 5G rollout. The outcome of this decision will be a significant head-start for...

Huawei: Waiting for the blowback

Posted on   |  by James Riley
That the federal government banned Huawei from participating in the 5G network roll-out in Australia was hardly unexpected. It makes official what had been backgrounded for some time. But the...

Huawei banned from 5G network

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has banned Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in the Australian 5G network. Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrison issued a statement early on...

Taking a tech lead from China

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The vocal ‘anti-China’ forces in Australia that the federal government is now attempting to counter – somewhat awkwardly – continue to view the technology world through a very US...

Turnbull on China: Tech’s embrace

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a sometimes gushing pro-China speech at the University of NSW in Sydney, just two days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi asked Julie Bishop during...

Australia ‘out in the cold’ on cyber

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia risks being “left out in the cold” and vulnerable to large-scale cyberattacks if it does not establish a telecommunications security assurance centre, according to RMIT associate professor and...

Huawei ramps up 5G defences

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Huawei Australia’s cyber chief has blamed “unsubstantiated speculation” for why the company is staring down the barrel of being banned from participating in Australia’s 5G network. Speaking at a...

The China supply chain and 5G

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The debate about Huawei’s role in Australia’s looming 5G build-out is not going away any time soon. The key issues were outlined in high relief at CommsDay’s ‘Unwired Revolution’...