The report warns telecommunication companies in the US against using equipment supplied by Huawei and another major Chinese vendor ZTE (see report below). "Based on available classified and unclassified information, Huawei and ZTE cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems."

In response, Huawei has issued a global statement (see below) claiming despite its full cooperation, the US committee "was committed to a pre-determined outcome."

"The report released by the Committee today employs many rumors and speculations to prove non-existent accusations. This report does not address the challenges faced by the ICT industry. Almost every ICT firm is conducting R&D, software coding and production activities globally; they share the same supply chain, and the challenges on network security are beyond a company or a country. The Committee's report completely ignored this fact. We have to suspect that the only purpose of such a report is to impede competition and obstruct Chinese ICT companies from entering the US market."

In New Zealand operating in New Zealand following the concerns expressed in the US congressional report. Labour is calling for an independent inquiry into the Government's handling of Huawei's share of the $1.35 billion Ultra Fast Broadband deployment.

"These allegations on such a sensitive contract raise potential national security concerns. Kiwis have lost confidence in our intelligence agencies since the Dotcom saga so an independent investigation is needed," says Labour's acting ICT spokesperson David Cunliffe.