Huawei woes deepen with UK snub, arrest of CFO

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei says it has been given little information on the arrest of its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, pictured. Meng was detained at the request of the

United States, which sought her extradition to face ‘‘unspecified charges’’, when she was transferring flights in

Canada, the company said.

The Globe and Mail reported the arrest was in relation to sanctions-busting in Iran rather than any concerns about espionage by the Chinese firm, which has annual revenues of US$93b (NZ$135b) and is deeply embedded with many New Zealand telcos. Separately, the BBC reported that British telco BT would not use Huawei’s equipment in its 5G mobile network. BT still planned to use phone mast antennas and some other products from Huawei, it said.