This decisive move provides the industry with the clarity and certainty it needs to get on with delivering 5G across the UK”.The US action also affects Huawei products used in the UK’s full fibre broadband networks. It has been critical of security weaknesses posed by Huawei technology – which the company is under pressure to address – but, as first reported by the Financial Times, it is likely to advise that risks can be minimised.UK security chiefs have advised that the risk of using Huawei technology in the new superfast 5G could be contained despite US warnings about opening the telecoms network up to Chinese cyber-espionage, according to sources.The advice suggests the UK may be reticent to follow other nations in banning Huawei from supplying 5G technology. The US Government imposed restrictions on the Chinese tech giant that prevented it from using silicon made by American firms. The decision takes into account our specific national circumstances and how the risks from these sanctions are manifested in the UK. The existing restrictions on Huawei in sensitive and critical parts of the network remain in place.
The decision led the UK… Published: 16:51 EDT, 3 December 2018 | … However, officials said the UK has managed Huawei’s presence in the UK’s fixed access networks since 2005, along with the need to avoid a situation where broadband operators are reliant on a single supplier for their equipment.The decision follows pressure from the United States government, which has also banned the company as part of its sanction, and a technical review by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NSC) in response to US sanctions.There will be a ban on the purchase of new Huawei kit for 5G from next year and it will be completely removed from 5G networks by the end of 2027. The US action also affects Huawei products used in the UK’s full fibre broadband networks. UK security chiefs have advised that the risk of using Huawei technology in the new superfast 5G could be contained despite US warnings about opening the telecoms network up to … Huawei’s role in the UK’s 5G networks has again been thrown into doubt, following a tightening of US sanctions on the firm in May. These were imposed on Huawei in May, after the UK’s initial decision on high risk vendors, and are the first of their kind removing the firm’s access to products which have been built based on US semiconductor technology.Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said in a statement to the House of Commons: “By the time of the next election we will have implemented in law an irreversible path for the complete removal of Huawei equipment from our 5G networks”.They found the new restrictions make it impossible to continue to guarantee the security of Huawei equipment in the future, the officials added.“No new kit is to be added from January 2021, and UK 5G networks will be Huawei free by the end of 2027.
“We are working closely with our customers to find ways of managing the proposed US restrictions so the UK can maintain its current lead in 5G,” Mr Zhang said.