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Canada and its security agencies have been

studying whether to use equipment from

Huawei as phone carriers prepare to roll out

fifth-generation technology. 5G is designed

to support a vast expansion of networks to

facilitate medical devices, self-driving cars and

other technology.

Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of

network gear used by phone and internet

companies, but has long been seen as a front for

spying by China’s military and its highly skilled

security services.

The U.S. has urged Canada to exclude Huawei

equipment from their next-generation wireless

networks as they claim Huawei is legally

beholden to the Chinese regime. The United

States and Australia have banned Huawei,

citing concerns it is an organ of Chinese military

intelligence — a charge the company denies.

“We look forward to the federal government

completing its 5G review and making an

evidence-based decision about Huawei’s role in

helping build Canada’s next-generation wireless

networks,” Huawei spokesman Alykhan Velshi

said in an email.

The Canadian government is studying the use

of Huawei as Canada and China are locked

in a political dispute. China’s imprisonment

of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael

Spavor is widely seen as retaliation for the

arrest in Canada of Huawei senior executive

Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition warrant.

A Canadian judge ruled last week the U.S.

extradition case against a senior Huawei

executive can proceed to the next stage.

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