UK Bans Buying Huawei Equipment for 5G
Although Huawei is mostly known to consumers as a smartphone manufacturer, it is actually the world's largest network and telecommunications infrastructure company.
Although Huawei is mostly known to consumers as a smartphone manufacturer, it is actually the world's largest network and telecommunications infrastructure company.
Although Huawei is better known to consumers as a smartphone manufacturer, it is actually the world's largest manufacturer of network and telecommunication infrastructure devices. The criticism against Huawei, which has been voiced even louder especially in the last year 'espionage' accusations and not smartphones or other consumer electronics products, network and telecommunications infrastructure is available.
The United Kingdom, which made a statement about 5G in January, included 'high risk' infrastructure producershad stated that it would allow it to establish 5G infrastructure, excluding core components. However, the 'new advice' from the UK National Cyber Security Center seems to have changed the island country's mind. Because the UK Minister of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, stated in his latest press statement that operators should remove Huawei hardware from their infrastructure. until 2027 He announced that they had time.
“5G will be a transformation… if we can be sure of the security of the infrastructure.”
“It will be illegal for them to do so (buy equipment from Huawei) after the telecom security bill is passed (by parliament).” Dowden said, adding that mobile operators After December 31, 2020 He stated that they will not be able to purchase 5G infrastructure equipment from Huawei, and that they will have until 2027 to remove the already purchased equipment from the infrastructure. Regarding the issue, Dowden said: “5G will be a transformation for our country; of course, the infrastructure we have built on it will from safety And from its durability “If we can be sure.” he said.
Although Dowden's statement covers the 5G infrastructure, the application may affect much more than that in the long term. BT, which owns mobile network operator EE, reported that it started removing Huawei equipment from its infrastructure in December 2018, about a year and a half ago. However, Huawei's UK presence in both mobile and fiber broadband network It is a known fact that it has a significant share in the infrastructure. However, the UK government 3G And from 4G networks It is not yet clear whether Huawei will ban Huawei equipment or not.
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