OTTAWA—Canada said Thursday it will ban equipment made by China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from being used in the country’s next-generation 5G mobile network, following a nearly four-year security review disrupted by geopolitical tension between Ottawa and Beijing.
With the decision, Canada is the last member of the Five Eyes—an intelligence-sharing network made up of English-speaking allies Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U. S.—to weigh in on the use of Chinese-made telecommunications equipment in 5G. The latest-generation mobile network is set to underpin self-driving cars and other internet-connected devices.