Huawei pushes back on the EU calling it ‘high-risk’

Chinese technology giant Huawei has had it with European Union officials calling it a "high-risk" supplier.

The firm, a leading manufacturer of telecoms equipment, filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman office last month after the bloc's industry chief Thierry Breton described Huawei and its smaller Chinese rival ZTE as "high-risk suppliers" at a press conference on June 15.

Chinese envoy to Canada warns of 'repercussions ' if Ottawa bans Huawei from 5G mobile phone network

China's envoy to Canada on Thursday warned Ottawa of possible repercussions if it banned technology firm Huawei Technologies from supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks, the latest blast in a deepening bilateral dispute.

Canada is currently studying the security implications of 5G networks, but unlike some allies has not announced a ban on Huawei equipment.

"I believe there will be repercussions" if Huawei were to be banned, Ambassador Lu Shaye said through an interpeter at a news conference at the Chinese embassy in Ottawa. He urged Ottawa to make a "wise" decision but did not provide details about what the "repercussions" would be.

Huawei arrest: China demands release of Meng Wanzhou

China is demanding the release of telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, who has been detained in Canada.

Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company's founder, could face extradition to the US.

She was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December, but the news was not made public at her request.

China telecoms giant could be cyber-security risk to Britain

Britain could face a damaging multibillion-pound trade war with China and see the roll-out of economically vital 4G mobile internet services derailed if an intelligence report, due to land on David Cameron's desk within the next two weeks, finds that the UK operations of the Chinese communications giant Huawei represents a threat to the UK's cyber-security.

Downing Street, according to intelligence sources, is prepared to face a costly trade backlash by Beijing if it opts to blacklist the multinational over allegations that the company has links to the Chinese army and concerns that its equipment could be used for cyber-espionage by the Chinese government. Huawei, though not a high-profile consumer brand in the UK, controls a quarter of the EU's telecom-equipment market, winning over half of all the contracts for 4G infrastructure technology awarded throughout Europe. The Chinese multinational is also supplying the 4G technology for EE, the company that controls Orange and T-Mobile, and has signed similar deals with O2 and 3UK.

Former Nortel exec warns against working with Huawei

Canadian companies should not work with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, a former security adviser at Nortel warns.

Brian Shields, who was the senior systems security adviser at failed Canadian telecommunications company Nortel, says working with Huawei is too big a risk. Shields alleges Huawei spent years hacking into Nortel's system and stealing information so it could compete with Nortel on world markets.

Canada 'at risk' from Chinese firm, U.S. warns

The head of the powerful U.S. Intelligence Committee is urging Canadian companies not to do business with the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei as a matter of national security.

In a scathing report released Monday in Washington, the congressional committee branded Huawei a threat to U.S. national security, and urged American telecommunications companies using the Chinese firm to “find other vendors.”

Ottawa casts wary eye on Chinese telecom giant

While Canadians publicly debate allowing a state-owned Chinese firm to buy a piece of the oil sands, federal officials are privately concerned about security risks to Ottawa’s computer networks from China’s telecom equipment giant.

Huawei Technologies, which in just two decades has grown big enough to rival Sweden’s Ericsson as the No. 1 maker of telecommunications equipment in the world, is making inroads into Canada. It’s now supplying major wireless firms here, including Bell and Telus, as well as SaskTel and Wind Mobile.

Opposition wants answers on Chinese firm's telecom deals

The opposition is demanding to know what steps have been taken to address security concerns over foreign companies operating in Canada's telecommunications industry, in the wake of a CBC News report about a Chinese firm's contracts in Canada.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told the House of Commons Wednesday that concerns raised by Canadian officials have been addressed and Canadians can rely on a safe and secure system.

But the opposition parties said they aren't satisfied with the government's responses and want more "transparency" about the security concerns.

Harper and Toews were asked to respond to a CBC report by Greg Weston on warnings from North American security officials about Huawei Technologies, a giant Chinese firm that has partnerships with Telus, Bell, SaskTel and WIND Mobile.

Chinese firm's Canadian contracts raise security fears

The former head of U.S. counter-espionage says the Harper government is putting North American security at risk by allowing a giant Chinese technology company to participate in major Canadian telecommunications projects.

In an exclusive interview in Washington, Michelle K. Van Cleave told CBC News the involvement of Huawei Technologies in Canadian telecom networks risks turning the information highway into a freeway for Chinese espionage against both the U.S. and Canada.

Huawei has long argued there is no evidence linking the company to the growing tidal wave of international computer hacking and other forms of espionage originating in China.