Washington's anti-Huawei campaign

Donald Trump has outlawed the use of Huawei components in the US but he is struggling to bring other countries on board with the ban. The outcome will have a major impact on the development of 5G networks.

EUROPE 11/12/2019

Brussels falls in line with Washington on Huawei  Free

On December 3, the Council of the European Union published its conclusions on the security of 5G communications, sticking closely [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPE 02/12/2019

Koch clan launches anti-Beijing campaign in Europe 

An influence campaign launched by a lobbying group close to US billionnaire Charles Koch aims to get Europe to follow the US' lead on restricting imports of technology from Huawei and other Chinese companies. [...]

CHINA UNITED STATES 16/10/2019

Mike Pompeo mobilises USAID against Huawei  Free

The Trump administration is planning to use its overseas development agency USAID to combat Chinese domination of 5G telecoms networks [...]

UNITED STATES 02/10/2019

Washington takes on China and Huawei via telecommunications standards 

Fearing Chinese intrusion in US communications systems, the US Congress is trying to influence international norms. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 31/07/2019

London gets ready for Huawei to dominate 5G  Free

Britain's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is planning to impose new security measures on mobile telephone companies [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 24/07/2019

Parliament hands Boris Johnson an ultimatum for making a decision over Huawei ban 

The UK Parliament's intelligence committee has made it very clear that incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson will need to pick out which suppliers will be allowed to roll out the UK's 5G network without delay. [...]

CHINA EUROPE 03/07/2019

Europeans weigh up potential costs of Huawei ban 

Broadsided by the US sanctions against Chinese electronics giant Huawei, European governments are trying to find a way to preserve their national security without sending the price of 5G networks through the roof. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 19/06/2019

Government attentive to Huawei 

Despite criticism from the Labour opposition on its handling of [...]

AUSTRALIA 19/06/2019

Canberra acts as Five Eyes' cyber vanguard amid growing tensions with Beijing 

With growing support from Washington, the Australian Signals Directorate is playing a central role in the intelligence alliance's cyber-offensive strategy. [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPE 22/05/2019

Washington struggles to turn European allies against Huawei 

European intelligence services have had a mixed reaction to Washington's war on Huawei, due to the lack of concrete evidence that the company is involved in spying for the Chinese authorities. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 17/04/2019

Washington hones response to Russia's hybrid warfare and China's economic expansionism 

Hybrid threats from Beijing and Moscow have spurred US military and intelligence chiefs on a global counter-offensive that spans from cyber-defence to economic security. [...]

UNITED STATES 06/02/2019

DoJ puts up cyber shield before taking on Huawei 

Increasingly active in cyber espionage cases, including files implicating Chinese intelligence officials (IOL 817), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) [...]