UK to Ban New Huawei 5G Equipment

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

Wireless carriers in the U.K. won’t be allowed to install Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks after September 2021, the British government said Monday, hardening its line against the Chinese technology company.

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

New investment will include spending on 5G diversification, local fibre networks and Shared Rural Network 4G initiative, government says The UK government will spend 250 million over next few years to diversify its 5G equipment supply chain and to help carriers remove Huawei 5G equipment from their mobile networks. Around 50 million of the sum will be made available next year to help

The government said that the website was developed in response to demand from the tech sector. It is intended as a guide for digital and tech companies to support good practices and raise awareness of potential risks associated with doing business in China and with Chinese companies. The website has the slogan ‘China. See the Potential. Know the Challenge’. “The UK is determined to support our bus

British telcos could face large fines if they fail to remove Huawei equipment from their 5G networks under new legislation.

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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