Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson to restrict Huawei
Conservative Party MPs have been determined to force the government to reverse its decision to allow the company to supply 5G equipment
London — Boris Johnson is under pressure to announce a ban on telecoms companies from installing new equipment made by Huawei Technologies in Britain’s fifth-generation mobile networks from as soon as the end of 2021.
Britain’s National Security Council meets on Tuesday to decide on the company’s future in the UK in the wake of US sanctions against the company. According to people familiar with the matter, a review concluded that Huawei will now have to use untrusted microchips, making 5G security risks impossible for the UK government to control. Culture secretary Oliver Dowden could announce the decision straight afterward...
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