Both Singtel Optus and Vodafone Hutchison Australia — the second and third by marketrnshare in Australia — use Huawei gear in their 4G networks and the deployment ofrnequipment from the same company has been expected to give them an advantage overrntheir main rival – Telstra.rnThe government, in a joint statement made by Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrisonrnand Communications Minister Mitch Fifield on Thursday, said having any companiesrninvolved in the rollout who were subject to foreign laws that were in conflict withrnAustralian law was too big a risk.
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