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Huawei to be frozen out of Britain’s 5G network by Christmas
Ministers are to start the process of stripping Huawei from Britain’s 5G network by the end of this year after a report by spy chiefs into the Chinese telecoms firm uncovered “severe” security issues.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has concluded that
Huawei’s products are not secure after the US banned the Chinese firm, which is close to the regime in Beijing, from using American components, a move that “fundamentally changes” the situation.
Ministers on the National Security Council (NSC) will be asked to approve a policy shift in the next two weeks to ban the purchase of any new Huawei equipment by the end of this year. That paves the way for Huawei technology to be removed from existing parts of the 5G network by 2026 or 2027, with its 4G and 3G products to follow.
The intelligence report is on the desk of Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, and will go to the prime minister at the end of this week. A statement will be made to parliament announcing the change in policy by the end of the month.......