By Debbie Lawes

Huawei's global leadership in fifth-generation (5G) mobile internet could be decided by the bench strength of its researchers and engineers in Ontario. Last month, the Canadian arm of the Chinese telecom giant announced it will receive up to $16 million from the Ontario government as part of a 2014 commitment by Huawei Canada to invest $212 million and create 250 new R&D jobs to drive its 5G Ontario initiative.