A possible federal government ban prohibiting Huawei from building Canada’s 5G network is unlikely to have a major financial impact on two of the country’s top communication companies, analysts said.

Source: CBC News

Date: December 19th, 2018

Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huawei-ban-government-bell-telus-5g-1.4950521

Discussion

1) “Huawei’s equipment is already used in telecommunications infrastructure run by Canada’s major cellphone carriers, namely BCE and Telus. Those two companies are currently in 5G pretrial stages with Huawei, a company some western intelligence officials consider a security risk due to its links with China’s government. ”  Do you know what Huawei is being accused of doing?

2) Why is important to communications to have them be secure?