Security concerns
In 2005, the possibility of Huawei's bid on British telecommunications company Marconi has triggered a request from Conservative party to UK government to "consider the implications for Britain's defense security".[43]. Marconi was later acquired by Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson.
In 2008 Military Report to the Congress,[44] Pentagon stated that Huawei "maintains close ties" to Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA). In the same year, the proposed merger of US-based communications company 3COM Corp by Huawei met with US Congress investigation[45] and subsequent determination by Director of National Intelligence that "3Com-Huawei merger would undermine U.S. national security".
In March 2009, Alex Allan, the Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee, has briefed members of UK government about the "threat", allegedely imposed by Huawei's equipment in British national telecom network BT.[46]
In September 2009, Australian security agency ASIO started investigating the alleged links between local Huawei employees and Chinese military.[47]
In October 2009, Indian Department of Telecommunications reportedly requested national telecom operators to "self-regulate" the use of Chinese-made equipment (including ZTE and Huawei), quoting security concerns.[48] Earlier, in 2005, Huawei was blocked from supplying equipment to India's national network BSNL.[49] In 2010, Indian security intelligence (CBI) insisted on canceling the rest of the Huawei contract with BSNL and pressed charges against several top BSNL officers regarding their "doubtful integrity and dubious links with Chinese firms".[50][51] In April 2010, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd., the Indian unit of Russia's AFK Sistema, didn't get clearance to buy Huawei equipment.[52]
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