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Huawei's Equipment Removed from UK Telecom BT's Network for Emergency Services

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 26 2018, @01:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-a-switch dept.

takyon writes:

Huawei's kit removed from emergency services 4G network

BT has confirmed that equipment made by Huawei is being removed from the heart of a communication system being developed for the UK's police forces and other emergency services. It follows a statement from BT earlier this month that it was swapping out the Chinese firm's kit from the "core" of its 3G and 4G mobile networks.

The Sunday Telegraph was first to report the latest development. It said the move could extend work on the late-running £2.3bn project.

BT is covering the cost of the switch. It does not believe the changeover will lead to a further delay.

See also: Defying US crackdown, Huawei ships a record 200 million smartphones in 2018

Huawei on SN.

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  • (Score: 2) by Farkus888 on Wednesday December 26 2018, @11:39AM (1 child)

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Wednesday December 26 2018, @11:39AM (#778537)

    Seems to me that the allegations against supermicro had more evidence. (reservations about the truth of those allegations aside) No ban, not even a real movement to get one in supermicro's case. That is the real evidence that Huawei is being railroaded for non technical reasons.

    Sent from my p20 pro, so I put my money where my mouth is on this one.

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  • (Score: 2) by crafoo on Wednesday December 26 2018, @05:31PM

    by crafoo (6639) on Wednesday December 26 2018, @05:31PM (#778618)

    You make a good point, but we have no real evidence. Something is going on, that's clear. I think we can safely assume there are backdoors in place. Not just Chinese equipment, all equipment. Removing a foreign nation's backdoors from our telecoms equipment seems fairly prudent to me. Also maintaining your nation's telecoms equipment with domestic product seems like a good plan.