Huawei offers access to source code and equipment

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20053511

BBC News
24 October 2012

Huawei has offered to give Australia unrestricted access to its software 
source code and equipment, as it looks to ease fears that it is a 
security threat.

Questions have been raised about the Chinese telecom firm's ties to the 
military, something it has denied.

Australia has previously blocked Huawei's plans to bid for work on its 
national broadband network.

Huawei said it needed to dispel myths and misinformation.

"Huawei has done a very poor job of communicating about ourselves and we 
must take full responsibility for that," said John Lord, chairman of 
Huawei's Australian arm.

[...]


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