A Chinese telecommunications company will cease its operations in Canada on Jan. 5 to comply with a federal government order based on security considerations. State-owned China Mobile’s service CMLink recently announced its departure to its customers. The company, which has the most subscribers in the world at 942 million, offered mobile plans in Canada but does not have any wireless infrastructure in the country and was relying on Telus’s network. CMLink told its customers Telus would be in touch on or after Jan. 5 about porting-in offers; otherwise, their current mobile plan would be available free of charge until March 31, 2022, after which all service will cease. The company is being expelled on national security grounds, with the federal government having ordered the carrier in August to wind up or divest its business. An extension had been granted, but on Dec. 7 the federal court refused to put a …
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