CHINA'S Huawei Technologies has appointed Liberal and Labor elders, Alexander Downer and John Brumby, to its Australian board in a bid to secure part of the $1 billion-plus National Broadband Network technology deal.
As cyber-security fears rise, Huawei, the world's second biggest telecommunications equipment maker, has doubled efforts to assuage concerns by security agencies, including ASIO, about its feared connections with the People's Liberation Army.
Huawei, China's most successful privately held company, has increased disclosures in its annual report and has offered to open its networks for inspection.
Huawei chairman, former PLA officer Ren Zhengfei, has met Communications Minister Stephen Conroy to make Huawei's case.
"There will always be part of a country's national communications system that is not foreign and Huawei realises that," he said.
Huawei Australia is the second China-related board that Howard government foreign minister Mr Downer has been appointed to recently.
Mr Brumby worked with Huawei while he was Victorian premier to help set up a training centre with RMIT University.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/chinese-telco-hires-local-guns/news-story/e5c1feac4116360fcd9875a0408e48bb?sv=9e3aa08b42f1a2e9fca3b495654ab468
As cyber-security fears rise, Huawei, the world's second biggest telecommunications equipment maker, has doubled efforts to assuage concerns by security agencies, including ASIO, about its feared connections with the People's Liberation Army.
Huawei, China's most successful privately held company, has increased disclosures in its annual report and has offered to open its networks for inspection.
Huawei chairman, former PLA officer Ren Zhengfei, has met Communications Minister Stephen Conroy to make Huawei's case.
"There will always be part of a country's national communications system that is not foreign and Huawei realises that," he said.
Huawei Australia is the second China-related board that Howard government foreign minister Mr Downer has been appointed to recently.
Mr Brumby worked with Huawei while he was Victorian premier to help set up a training centre with RMIT University.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/chinese-telco-hires-local-guns/news-story/e5c1feac4116360fcd9875a0408e48bb?sv=9e3aa08b42f1a2e9fca3b495654ab468
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