Huawei banned in UK

Much of the extra equipment and infrastructure needed to introduce 5G, such as radio access units, is supplied by just three companies in the UK: Finnish firm Nokia, Sweden’s Ericsson, and Chinese outfit Huawei .

It’s been banned from the UK’s 5G infrastructure and it faces ongoing scrutiny from the National Cyber Security Centre over its security practices, and whether it has links with the Chinese government, which it denies.

Telecoms providers must stop installing Huawei equipment in the UK’s 5G mobile network from September , the government has said. The announcement came ahead of a law being unveiled this afternoon, which bans the Chinese firm from the network.30 Kas 2020

UK telco BT has begun the process of replacing Huawei hardware from its cellular network in the UK. In July 2020, the UK government announced that all of the country’s mobile operators remove all equipment from high-risk vendors such as Huawei from their 5G networks by 2027.