SYDNEY—Australia is preparing to ban Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., from supplying equipment for its planned 5G broadband network after intelligence agencies raised concerns that the ruling Chinese Communist Party could force the Chinese telco to hand over sensitive data, two sources said.
Western intelligence agencies have for years raised concerns about Huawei’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the possibility that its equipment could be used for espionage. But there has never been any public evidence to support those suspicions.
