Huawei ban: UK networks breaking new law face big fines

The UK government has introduced a new bill which could see telecommunications companies fined up to £100,000 a day or 10% of their revenues if they violate the ban on Huawei equipment. The Telecommunications Security Bill aims to improve the UK’s security standards as well as diminish the threat of operators using high-risk vendors such as Chinese tech giant Huawei, which was banned from being us

In July, the Government announced that – despite previously permitting Huawei a limited role in providing equipment for the non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network – it would be entirely shut out of the networks, along with other vendors considered to be “high-risk”. Mobile operators will have until 2027 to remove all Huawei equipment from their 5G infrastructure. The government’s decision to formal

A draft bill proposes tough penalties on firms that breach the ban on Huawei gear The UK government is considering a ban on installing Huawei's 5G equipment as soon as next year, to pacify politicians who are pressing for tougher restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the ban could come as early as September 2021. Con

No, not the COVID curve the curve of U.S. engagement in global industry 5G activities. Let me explain. What is known as 5G actually consists of a broad array of fundamentally revolutionary virtualization platforms that are constantly, collectively developed by industry in several dozen open global bodies. These bodies meet every few weeks, and several score companies around the world process sc

BT has switched on the UK’s first dedicated public 5G network for a connected campus at the University of Warwick. The network is part of a collaboration between the telco, the University of Warwick and Warwickshire County Council, and will bring 5G mobile coverage to University students, staff and visitors across the 720-acre site, and to people in surrounding areas through BT’s EE mobile network

US delegates have dubbed it “madness” to use Huawei for 5G networks in Britain, but they need to offer an alternative, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared. American delegates are in the UK to discourage the government from using Huawei technology in 5G networks. The US said using Chinese products would be detrimental to security as it would leave networks at risk of espionage, though it als

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The UK’s government has u-turned on so many things in 2020 that it’s hard to know which decisions -if any - it will actually stick to. It almost resembles a Lazy Susan, slowly changing firm rebuffs into pitiful acceptances within a month or so. And, like lockdowns, furloughs and feeding poor children, Huawei seems to sense its own reprieve coming around. Clearly emboldened by the electoral defeat