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Huawei plans more cuts to jobs, investment in Australia amid strained Beijing-Canberra relations
- Australia’s 2018 5G ban on Huawei has caused the Chinese company to cut about 1,000 jobs
- Huawei has also terminated US$72.3 million of research and development investments since the ban, its chief corporate affairs officer for Australia says
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The Australian operation of Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies said it would continue to cut staff numbers and investment in the country amid strained relations between Beijing and Canberra.
In 2018, Australia banned Huawei from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network citing national security risks, a move the company criticised as being politically motivated.
“In simple terms the 5G ban on Huawei has cost us 1,000 hi-tech and high-wage jobs from the economy,” Jeremy Mitchell, Huawei’s chief corporate affairs officer for Australia, said in an emailed statement.
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“We have gone from 1,200 staff to fewer than 200 and by next year it will be lower still.”
The Australian Financial Review first reported the comments.
Huawei had terminated A$100 million (US$72.3 million) of research and development investments in Australia since the 5G ban, Mitchell said.
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