Its better to burn out than fade Huawei: UK rolls out schedule for rip-and-replace rules

In July, the Government announced that – despite previously permitting Huawei a limited role providing equipment for the non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network – it would be fully shut out of UK networks. The UK’s decision to formally exclude Huawei came amid diplomatic pressure from its intelligence allies and strict new US restrictions against the company, which GCHQ reported would compromise the

UK cellular operators will be banned from installing Huawei 5G equipment after September 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced. The government also released a roadmap to eliminating Huawei-built telecom gear by 2027.“Today I am setting out a clear path for the complete removal of high risk vendors from our 5G networks,” said Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden in a s

UK telecoms providers will be banned from installing Huawei technology in 5G networks from September next year. The government today revealed the Telecoms Security Bill which “will create new powers to control high-risk vendors”. The press release specifically named Huawei as one vendor impacted by the proposed law. It called the September 2021 deadline as “an important milestone in the path mobil

The UK government has told telecoms providers they must stop installing Huawei equipment in the country’s 5G networks from September 2021. British operators were already set to be banned from purchasing new equipment from 31 December this year, but the new rules will address concerns that Huawei equipment could be stockpiled to be installed at a later date. The announcement comes ahead of the rele

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s telecoms companies could be fined up to 10% of turnover or 100,000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday. The Telecommunications (Security) Bill will boost the security standards of the UK’s telecoms networks and remove the threat of high-risk vendors, the government sa

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

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