Rogers Vice Chairman Calls for Banning Huawei From Canada’s 5G Network

Rogers Vice Chairman Calls for Banning Huawei From Canada’s 5G Network
Visitors try out the Huawei Mate S smartphone at the Huawei stand at the 2015 IFA consumer electronics and appliances trade fair on September 4, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Canadian telecom provider Rogers Communications Inc’s vice chairman, Philip Lind, said on May 30 that Huawei Technologies Co should be banned from Canada’s 5G network, Bloomberg reported.

While Huawei is cheaper and sophisticated compared with other alternatives, its close relationship to the Chinese government is troubling, Lind told BNN Bloomberg in a TV interview.