7/17/2020

BRITAIN BANS HUAWEI : 5G NETWORK


LONDON : Britain on Tuesday bowed to US pressure and approved the phased removal of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from its 5G network despite warnings of retaliation from Beijing.

The policy reversal hands a major victory to US President Donal Trump's administration in its geopolitical and trade battle with China.

But it threatens to further damage Britain relations with the Asian power and carry a big cost for UK mobile providers that have relied on Huawei equipment for nearly 20 years.

Digital minister Oliver Dowden's announcement following a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Boris Johnson of his cabinet and National Security Council.

''From the end of this year, telecom 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''.

Huawei called the decision ''disappointing'' and motivated by politics.

''Regrettably our future in the UK has become politicised, this is about US trade policy and not security,'' Huawei UK spokesman Ed Brewster said. [AFP]

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