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Huawei, the Chinese company that helped design and build 2degrees' mobile network, has brushed off a report that Australia's spy agency was investigating links between its technicians and the People's Liberation Army, hinting at dirty tricks by rivals.
The Australian reported Huawei employees in Sydney and Melbourne approached the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) with claims.
Huawei Australia managing director Guo Fulin says the allegations are false and irresponsible, and he is not aware of any investigation.
Earlier false allegations prompted the company to provide a briefing to ASIO on its business in June, he says.
Mr Fulin says the company has not engaged with any intelligence agencies in New Zealand. He pointed to another media report that said traditional American and European suppliers had their "noses put of joint by being undercut and rivalled technically by a growing Chinese upstart".
Bloomberg reported that Huawei's business in the United States had been stymied by security concerns that had also scuttled a US$2.2 billion takeover bid for rival 3Com.
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Huawei, like other major telecommunications equipment makers, must arrange its hardware and software to enable "phone tapping" by ASIO, and in the US, the FBI. In Australia this flows from "The Interception Act" and in the US from the CALEA Act.
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