{"id":15159,"date":"2019-02-15T01:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T08:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=15159"},"modified":"2019-05-15T01:34:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T08:34:56","slug":"bell-says-it-will-be-ready-to-deploy-5g-in-time-even-if-canada-bans-huawei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=15159","title":{"rendered":"Bell says it will be ready to deploy 5G in time even if Canada bans Huawei"},"content":{"rendered":"

The federal government is currently conducting two reviews, one on Huawei, the other on 5G in Canada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Shruti Shekar<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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FEB 7, 2019 \u00a08:28 AM EDT<\/span><\/p>\n

BCE CEO George Cope says a ban of Huawei would not impact Bell\u2019s timeline to bring 5G technology to the Canadian market. \u201cIf there was a ban or we chose a different supplier than Huawei, we are quite comfortable and all those developments would be addressed within our traditional capital intensity envelope and therefore no impact from a capital expenditure program.\u201d Cope said during the company\u2019s Q4 2018 results conference call. <\/span><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s relationship with China has soured since the beginning of December when Canadian authorities arrested Huawei\u2019s global CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver. Meng, who is also the daughter of Huawei president and founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested on fraud-related charges. <\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. laid 13 charges of bank and wire fraud against Meng, Huawei and its subsidiary Skycom. She currently faces extradition to the U.S. Bell, along with its competitor Telus, have invested millions of dollars to prepare for their future 5G technology rollout. If a ban is implemented by the federal government, they could stand to lose as much as $1 billion. \u201cHuawei has been a supplier\u2026for our 3G and 4G mobile networks for a number of years with, of course, the Canadian government\u2019s support,\u201d Cope said. \u201cWe do not use Huawei network in our core and everyone knows the government is conducting a cyber security review whether to permit the continued use of Huawei equipment for 5G.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

During a sit-down interview in Ottawa on Parliament Hill on January 31st, Innovation, Science and Economic Minister Navdeep Bains said that whatever the results of the review are, the government would support the carriers in its deployment of 5G networks. <\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, there are two ongoing reviews of Huawei by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale\u2019s department. Bains told MobileSyrup that the government has been having ongoing conversations with Canada\u2019s allies to understand what they are doing and what their experiences have been. But there is growing pressure from Canada\u2019s allies. Out a stated fear of cybersecurity attacks, the U.S. banned the Chinese telecommunications giant from providing 5G equipment in August 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n

Following the U.S., Australia and New Zealand banned the company, as well. The three countries are members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, as is Canada and the U.K. Shortly after all the news broke and continues to unfold, Bell, as well as Telus issued separate internal memos<\/strong> to their respective employees concerning the topic of Huawei. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe clearly recognize the issues at play and we will manage those appropriately going forward and of course follow the law,\u201d Cope said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more at MobileSyrup.com<\/a>: Bell says it will be ready to deploy 5G in time even if Canada bans Huawei<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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