Chinese based Huawei has offered to provide unrestricted access and software source code details to Australia in a bid to avoid being labelled as a security risk.

John Lord, chairman of Huawei's Australian arm, in a speech to Australia's National Press Club, said: “Huawei has done a very poor job of communicating about ourselves and we must take full responsibility for that".

The announcement comes after concerns were voiced over the employment of Huawei within the USA, including a House intelligence Committee report recommending that Huawei should be barred from any US mergers and acquisitions.