A leading security analyst says it’s “unwise” for the WA Government to award the bid for a major telecommunications project to Chinese company Huawei.

Huawei is tipped to be handed the 120-million dollar contract to build Transperth’s 4G network.

Strategic Forum chief Ross Babbage told Mornings with Gareth Parker, giving a foreign company access to sensitive information raises major security concerns.

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