Huawei gets the green light to participate in Britain’s 5G rollout, a reversal for the U.S.
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“Now countries are less likely to do a complete ban,” said James Lewis, a cyber policy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who has followed the international 5G debate closely. “Our decision was not taken lightly” or based on “near term threats,” he said. Rather, it was “a long-term prudent hedge.”
Huawei celebrated the decision, tweeting: “5G means 5G: British PM Theresa May defies U.S. instructions to ban Huawei by granting the Chinese tech giant access to its 5G network. #HuaweiFacts.” In Europe, Huawei already has a substantial presence in the continent’s 4G networks. The firm has not built its gear to be “interoperable” or easily meshed with other companies’ equipment. If a telecom company wants to replace Huawei gear, it must rip it out and install new equipment — a double expense.
He added: “We might have to have some limited ban on some of the vendors, otherwise we’ll feel it impossible to secure our networks in a way that we and our allies expect.”
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