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Japan joins US in banning HUAWEI equipment from government purchasing
June 13, 2025
This hasn’t been the best week forHuawei, with theirCFO getting arrested in Canadafor reportedly violating US sanctions against Iran. Now, to make matters worse,Reutersjust broke a story saying that Japan will reportedly announce soon that it will ban the use of HUAWEI equipment from government purchases.
If Japan follows through with this alleged plan, the country will join the United States government inbanning HUAWEI equipment. Australia and New Zealand also refuse to buy HUAWEI equipment fortheir planned 5G networks.
TheReuterssource of this Japan information said that the primary motive behind the expected ban is security concerns. The source also said the government will institute a similar ban against another Chinese manufacturer, ZTE.
HUAWEI has fought long and hard against rumors that it has direct ties to the Chinese government, and also denies it could feasibly use its equipment installed around the world to spy on other nations. Although the company denies the motivation or ability to do this, it hasn’t stopped these countries from instituting bans anyway.
ZTE, however, has beenneck-deep in scandals over the past year, with the company nearly going bankrupt due to legal troubles. Strangely, U.S. President Donald Trumpstepped in to save ZTEat the last minute — even though he also backed the ban of HUAWEI government purchases.
Meanwhile, in Britain, BT Group is removing HUAWEI equipment from its existing 3G and 4G networks, and will not use HUAWEI for future networks. However, there is no rumored government ban in the works as far as the United Kingdom goes.
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