Huawei ‘cannot fully be trusted’, Germany’s intelligence boss says
Earlier in 2019, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government ruled out an outright ban on Huawei, as Germany builds ultra-fast 5G networks
29 October 2019 - 18:18
Berlin — Germany’s spy chief says Huawei “can’t fully be trusted”, signalling that security hardliners in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government want to keep the Chinese technology giant out of the country’s fifth-generation (5G) networks.
Bruno Kahl, the president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, gave public testimony in Berlin on Tuesday in which he was asked about the risk level of Huawei’s presence in the expanded 5G network and its ties to the government in Beijing...
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