The Telecommunications Sector Security Reform (TSSR) — the legislative framework that the government has used to ban Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from participating in the rollout of 5G — have today come into force.
Huawei says it will “take all possible measures” to protect its “legal rights and interests” following a decision by the Australian government to ban it from participating in the rollout of 5G services in Australia.
Huawei says the government has informed the company that it, along with fellow Chinese telecommunications equipment provider ZTE, has been banned from providing 5G technology to Australia's telcos.
A group representing the telco industry has described as “disturbing” guidance on the use of offshore cloud services presented at a stakeholder meeting on the Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms.
Legislation that formally obliges telecommunications to protect their networks from a range of threats has passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support.