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Have you really thought about this? Banning a company because its CEO is ex-military person? Serious? So you bluntly bought the excuse, didn't you?Why bother making such a silly comment?
Banning a company on grounds of national security doesn't win "popularity" and certainly doesn't have anything to do with racism.
Before replying, make sure you think about your comments before you make them.
There is something not right with Huawei, for such a large company why only 2 years ago did it finally release who its board of directors are? Why the secrecy?
I dont think anybody is going to argue the generous subsidies and lines of credit Huawei gets from the state.
Have you really thought about this? Banning a company because its CEO is ex-military person? Serious? So you bluntly bought the excuse, didn't you?
There are millions of companies who has ex-military persons as one of its leaders.
Exactly, there are millions of companies who has ex-military persons as one of its leaders so there must be something wrong this this particular guy if it was enough to ban their tender.
The exact details of the reasoning behind the banning aren't released, but they don't make such decisions lightly.
Saying they did it because they "hate" China etc etc is just crap. That's not how we operate here in Australia. Our institutions aren't corrupt.
There is literally thousands of Chinese companies doing business in Australia. So your argument is invalid.
But Huawei is a global player with a good track record which poses the biggest threat to all the other bidders so that is the main reason for the ban.
As far as I know its just that the Aussie govt. wants to have a hold on this network and I wont be surprised if the contract is awarded to some local company or a group of them.
Australia has blocked Huawei Technologies of China from bidding on contracts in the $38 billion Australian National Broadband Network, citing security concerns, Huawei said Monday.
We were informed by the government that there is no role for Huawei in the network, said Jeremy Mitchell, a spokesman in Australia for Huawei, one of the worlds largest suppliers of telecommunications equipment.
The Australian plan is the largest infrastructure project in the countrys history. It is intended to connect 93 percent of homes and workplaces with fiber-optic cable, providing broadband service in urban and rural areas.
It was announced in 2009 by the Australian government with a committed investment of as much as $38 billion. The network is expected to be ready by 2020.
The Australian Financial Review newspaper said in a report Monday that Huawei had sought to secure a supply contract worth as much as 1 billion Australian dollars, or $1.05 billion, as part of the project, but had been blocked by the Australian attorney general on the basis of advice from the Australian Security Intelligence Organization.
The office of the attorney general said in a news release, This is consistent with the governments practice for ensuring the security and resilience of Australias critical infrastructure more broadly.
The network is a strategic and significant government investment, the attorney generals office told Bloomberg News. We have a responsibility to do our utmost to protect its integrity and that of the information carried on it.
The government declined to comment on its specific discussions with companies, which are confidential, the office said.
The security agency declined to comment on the report.
On the sidelines of a nuclear security summit meeting in South Korea, Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia said the government had made the correct decision.
You would expect as a government that we make all of the prudent decisions to make sure that the infrastructure project does what we want it to do, and weve taken one of those decisions, she said.
Huawei was founded by its chief executive, Ren Zhengfei, a former officer of the Peoples Liberation Army in China. That has led to claims that it has too cozy a relationship with the Chinese government.
The company. based in Shenzhen, China, has been struggling to expand its business in the United States, which has blocked its equipment deals, citing national security concerns and allegations that Huawei had violated sanctions by supplying Iran with banned equipment.
While were obviously disappointed by the decision, the company said, referring to the Australian rejection, Huawei will continue to be open and transparent and work to find ways of providing assurance around the security of our technology.
Mr. Mitchell told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.: We have never been told by the Chinese government to do a certain thing. If we would, that would be to our detriment, and we would lose the market share that we have.
A former Australian foreign minister, Alexander Downer, who is an independent director on the board of Huaweis Australian unit, rejected the governments security concerns.
This sort of whole concept of Huawei being involved in cyberwarfare, presumably that would just be based on the fact that the company comes from China, he said on ABC Radio on Monday. This is just completely absurd.
Mr. Mitchell told Bloomberg that the bar is set higher for the company because of where it is from.
He said Huawei was working on eight broadband networks similar to the Australian plan in Benin, Britain, Brunei, Cameroon, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/t...ei-from-broadband-project.html?_r=1&ref=china
Communists...
China should buy less from Australia.
no, we should buy less manufactured goods, if any, from Australia.
we should continue buying farm products and minerals.
no, we should buy less manufactured goods, if any, from Australia.
we should continue buying farm products and minerals.