Security officials agree on plans for 5G, but China and Huawei are not in the room
People from 30 EU and Nato countries and nations such as the US, Germany, Japan and Australia attended a meeting to hash out an outline of practices
Prague — Global security officials agreed on a set of proposals on Friday for future 5G networks, highlighting concerns about equipment supplied by vendors that might be subject to state influence. No suppliers were named, but the US has been pressing allies to limit the role of Chinese telecom equipment makers such as Huawei over concerns their gear could be used by Beijing for spying. Huawei denies this. "The overall risk of influence on a supplier by a third country should be taken into account," participants at the conference in the Czech capital said in a nonbinding statement released on the last day of the two-day gathering. Representatives from 30 EU and Nato countries, and nations such as the US, Germany, Japan and Australia attended the meeting to hash out an outline of practices that could form a co-ordinated approach to shared security and policy measures. Diplomatic sources said participating countries were not ready to sign any documents in Prague because they had not ...
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