https://phys.org/news/2018-06-huawei-australia-economy-5g.html > According to media reports, the government is now poised to ban Huawei from supplying 5G networks, the next evolution in phone technology that will start commercial services in Australia next year. > Huawei Australia Chairman John Lord told the National Press Club his Shenzhen-based company was having discussions with government "at all levels" on its involvement in 5G. He dismissed media reports of an imminent ban as "supposition," adding that Huawei had not contemplated that outcome.