LONDON: Britain today bowed to US pressure and ordered the phased removal of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from its 5G network despite warnings of ret...
Dowden giving a statement to the House of Commons in London on UK telecommunications today. – AFPPIX/PRUBritain today bowed to US pressure and ordered the phased removal of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from its 5G network despite warnings of retaliation from Beijing.
"From the end of this year, telecoms providers must not buy any 5G equipment from Huawei," Dowden told parliament. He said the new guidelines also required all of Huawei's existing 5G gear to be stripped out"by 2027"."This is about US trade policy and not security," Huawei UK spokesman Ed Brewster said."This disappointing decision is bad news for anyone in the UK with a mobile phone.
Washington believes the private company can also shut down rival countries' 5G networks under Beijing's orders in times of war. British telecoms companies had lobbied strongly against the policy reversal because of the cost of taking existing equipment out and finding untested alternatives.
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