Amendment sought to ban China's Huawei by end-2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: JASON ALDEN/BLOOMBERG
Britain decided in January to allow Huawei into what the government said were nonsensitive parts of the country's 5G network, capping its involvement at 35%. The government tried to placate the rebels by saying it would work towards increasing the supply of 5G telecom equipment so operators would not need to use Huawei, but it refused to commit to any timetable to ban the Chinese company.The government, which has an 80 seat majority, won by 24.
The rebels wanted to amend the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to ensure that companies termed by British security experts as “high-risk vendors” — such as Huawei — were stripped out of networks completely by the end of 2022. The government said it did not want high-risk vendors to have any role, but in a market dominated by three players, Huawei, Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia, some network operators were relying on Huawei.
“An evidence-based approach is needed, so we were disappointed to hear some groundless accusations asserted,” he said. “The industry and experts agree that banning Huawei equipment would leave Britain less secure, less productive and less innovative.”Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, who put forward the amendment, said he wanted a clear timetable from the government on its plan to completely remove high-risk vendors.
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