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Using Huawei in UK 5G Network 'Madness', Says US

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 15 2020, @06:01AM   

Phoenix666 writes:

BBC:

The US has warned the British government it "would be madness" to use Huawei technology in the UK's 5G network.

A US delegation presented the UK with new evidence claiming to show security risks posed by using the Chinese firm.

[...]Senior US officials handed over a dossier of technical information which sources claim challenged British intelligence's own technical assessment that it would be possible to use Huawei in the 5G infrastructure without risks to national security.

[...]The move is being seen as the latest round in an intense lobbying effort by the Trump administration as the UK government prepares to makes its decision on the 5G network.

Last year, the US banned companies from selling components and technology to Huawei and 68 related companies, citing national security concerns.

Is the security concern real, or is it all about the Benjamins?

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• Re:Which Benjamin? (Score: 3, Interesting) by zocalo on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:33AM

  by zocalo (302) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @09:33AM (#943525)

  Possibly not Franklin, although Cisco and Qualcomm are both in the 5G basestation market, since the most likely alternatives for the UK are provided by Samsung (Korean), Ericsson (Swedish), and Nokia (Finnish). ZTE (China) is also on the Entity List, IIRC, as I would assume is Datang Telecom (also Chinese), but I guess it would be amusing if they simply switched to ZTE so we could all watch the US government have a fit.

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