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UK reportedly planning to phase out Huawei equipment from its 5G networks
After resisting pressure from the US for months, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is apparently preparing to phase out the use of Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks, the Financial Times reported. Citing national security concerns, members of the UK's Conservative party have pushed for Huawei technology to be removed from the UK's 5G infrastructure and the rest of its telecom network by 2023.
[...] Trump reportedly called Johnson earlier this year to discuss the matter, and at least one member of Congress said the US was reconsidering its intelligence partnership with the UK.
Johnson had limited how much Huawei equipment could be used for 5G networks in the UK, banning the use of the company's technology in the most sensitive parts of the network. He said in January that there were not a lot of other options available for the UK's 5G infrastructure, and telecom Vodafone said removing Huawei equipment from its networks would be extremely costly.
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Previously:
U.S. Intelligence Agency Heads Warn Against Using Huawei and ZTE Products
Huawei's Equipment Removed from UK Telecom BT's Network for Emergency Services
EU to Drop Threat of Huawei Ban but Wants 5G Risks Monitored
UK to Toughen Telecoms Security Controls to Shrink 5G Risks
How China Is Building A World-Beating Phone Network
Using Huawei in UK 5G Network 'Madness', Says US
Getting Huawei Out of US Networks Requires Gov't Funding, Senators Say
Huawei Fires Back, Points To US' History Of Spying On Phone Networks
TSMC Dumps Huawei
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 24 2020, @10:24PM (1 child)
President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Jae-in [wikipedia.org] and Prime Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Sye-kyun [wikipedia.org] are from the 50s, boomers. So is Taiwan's President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen [wikipedia.org] . Vietnam? Too, or a bit older https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ph%C3%BA_Tr%E1%BB%8Dng [wikipedia.org] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Xu%C3%A2n_Ph%C3%BAc [wikipedia.org] Surely the ones below them are just like in the rest of the world: people from 40s-60s are in charge. Pretty much same age than the ones that handled Ebola not long ago, in some cases the very same people (in my country, the "Doctor in Chief" handled it smoothly then... and fucked it hard now, because he was blinded by politic shenanigans).
One country could be luck, but three places having minimal problems with the Chinese mishandling of health issues? Try a different reason.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday May 25 2020, @04:37AM
Those aren't Boomers. The term "Boomer" doesn't refer to all humans within a certain age bracket, it refers to a specific generation of *Americans*. Those people aren't American, so just like their parents aren't from "the greatest generation", and their kids aren't "Gen-X", they aren't "boomers". The whole term is short for "baby boomers", and refers to the population and economic boom that happened in *America* after WWII; it's something very unique to America (though people of that generation in Canada might count; they fought in WWII with us and also reaped a lot of economic benefits afterwards, since our countries are such close partners).