Australia is the latest country following the U.S. and India to ban Huawei from bidding to supply equipment to networks considered to be a critical part of national infrastructure. The justification for these bans is that Huawei may introduce “trap doors” or other software-based means into the equipment it installs that will facilitate the Chinese military or Chinese Government’s ability to monitor communications in the country or to disrupt communications and information systems and other vital ICT-dependent facilities (e.g.