Australia bans Huawei and ZTE from supplying equipment for its 5G project

23 August 2018
The reason stated is suspicion that the Chinese government could conduct espionage using Huawei's equipment.

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  • Andy
  • 3Jn
  • 23 Aug 2018

Are the Chinese seriously complaining about other countries prohibited foreign companies from succeeding there? The hypocrisy is epic

    So,J.E.Hoover's anti-communist paranoia is back...with a vengeance...It's 2018,not 1968 ffs!!!Skeletons from the closet are back,as it seems.
    Luckily,my new Xiaomi phone(mi a1) will arrive next week..ordered from China,naturally..
    Aussies,what's wrong with ya,you seemed like a intelligent people?What have you been smoking?

      Wow! Can't say didn't saw that coming.
      Here we go again.

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        • Droidtard
        • Q0y
        • 23 Aug 2018

        AnonD-241270, 23 Aug 2018Now, maybe they ban all other chinese brands like Nokia, Le... moreNokia = Finland
        Motorola = Originally USA but now owned by Lenovo

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          • Q0y
          • 23 Aug 2018

          AnonD-241270, 23 Aug 2018Nokia is made by HMD, so, HMD is chinese so is chinese YES!... moreiPhones are made in China. So you're saying that Apple is Chinese too? Lol

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            • Anonymous
            • XNU
            • 23 Aug 2018

            That espionage law is very scary. Now it all makes sense. How can we trust these Chinese public sector companies. We don't even know what their intelligence agency is called.

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              • Anonymous
              • XNU
              • 23 Aug 2018

              Anonymous, 23 Aug 2018Saying that Nokia is chinese is like saying that Apple is c... moreDon't you people ever understand? HMD owns the name Nokia and all the higher ups in HMD are Chinese. They are just putting the name Nokia on their phone.

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                • Anonymous
                • LaF
                • 23 Aug 2018

                AnonD-241270, 23 Aug 2018Nokia is made by HMD, so, HMD is chinese so is chinese YES!... moreBefore yhe decline Nokia wereaking phones in many countries where the work force was cheeper to keep their profit margins high. The wereaking phone also in China at that time. Does that mean that Nokia was chinese.
                Stop with this nonsense. Nokia is a brand nema bought by a corporationor a bunch of smart antrepreneurs and manufactures phones where eveybody is manufacturing their phones - China.- because China has the most larger facilities for manufacture and probabli the most cheapest price.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ft8
                  • 23 Aug 2018

                  AnonD-241270, 23 Aug 2018Now, maybe they ban all other chinese brands like Nokia, Le... moreSaying that Nokia is chinese is like saying that Apple is chinese, yeah you're right their products are made in China but the headquarter is in Finland exactly like Apple but in California.
                  Also calling a Nokia phone an "HMD phone" is like calling the Apple iPhone "Foxconn iPhone".

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                    • MFM
                    • 23 Aug 2018

                    All scared of China's rapid economic growth and all trying to stop it with these tactics...
                    It's getting old and it won't work long term, especially not like this.
                    Making accusations but not wanting to have a conversation about it or show proof that shows that its actually true.

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                      • 3E0
                      • 23 Aug 2018

                      Shellyman Infinity, 23 Aug 2018Lord! Nokia is a not a Chinese company... When will you peo... moreNokia is made by HMD, so, HMD is chinese so is chinese YES!

                      Like Alcatel and Blackberry is chinese too, since they are made by TCL.

                      People really dont understand manufacturing or brand country and confuse both, ok, Nokia is Finnish name but now are chinese made. PERIOD.

                        Shellyman Infinity, 23 Aug 2018Lord! Nokia is a not a Chinese company... When will you peo... moreIts because people think HMD is chinese (which is not) or maybe cause their phones are assembled in China like almost every other phone

                          Countries banning Huawei and ZTE but not Google, Microsoft, Facebook all are spy

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                            • Anonymous
                            • knh
                            • 23 Aug 2018

                            Don't want another country spy on you, so make your own.

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                              • 3Y1
                              • 23 Aug 2018

                              The plot thickens...

                                AnonD-241270, 23 Aug 2018Now, maybe they ban all other chinese brands like Nokia, Le... moreLord! Nokia is a not a Chinese company... When will you people learn?

                                  Fair enough.Any threat to national security must be dealt with an iron hand.

                                    Huawei's chipset doesn't conform with GPL.
                                    They also have very poor 4g support now for anything outside of China and India I can only imagine how bad 5g support will be. People can order phones off the internet from anywhere. They cannot add LTE bands.
                                    Both are correctable problems.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • RJ2
                                      • 23 Aug 2018

                                      Anonymous , 23 Aug 2018Because they cheat everywhere In mobile sector some YouTu... moreOh yes yes
                                      Keep on

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                                        • rAP
                                        • 23 Aug 2018

                                        Whackcar, 23 Aug 2018They're all scared of China right now. They know China is t... moreBecause they cheat everywhere
                                        In mobile sector some YouTuber create a hype for money all chinese phone