UK reviews Huawei decision in the wake of coronavirus pandemic | latikambourke
The UK has launched a new review into using Huawei in Britain's 5G networks, ahead of a Tory revolt over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's green-light for the China-based vendor.in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which began in Wuhan, China.
The review comes as the Trump Administration recently imposed new sanctions forbidding any American intellectual property from being used in Huawei equipment. But Johnson ignored the urgings despite the US threatening to cut Britain off from Five Eyes intelligence that is gathered by and shared between Australia, the UK, US, New Zealand and Canada.rebellion on a Huawei-amendment to an unrelated telecommunications bill in March;
"I welcome the signals being sent by the government that they are going to have a change of heart on it and I hope that they do so voluntarily because I can assure you if they decided to continue down the current path, then they are likely to be forced to take a different route.""I want it become zero, frankly if we have to wait a little bit longer to get 5G in order to get zero-Huawei content, I'm relaxed about that - as I think the population would be.
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