UK plans cut in Huawei's 5G network involvement - newspaper report

[rooster59 12,463]

UK plans cut in Huawei's 5G network involvement - newspaper report

 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens the Hidden Harms Summit via Zoom from the White Room of 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 in London, Britain May 21, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's involvement in Britain's 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported https://bit.ly/2zmI2DE.

 

Johnson has asked officials to make plans to reduce China's involvement in British infrastructure to zero by 2023, the newspaper reported late on Friday.

 

Johnson is expected to use less reliance on China as a means to boost trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in the aftermath of Britain's departure from the European Union, according to the newspaper.

 

Downing Street declined to comment. Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

Earlier on Friday, The Times reported that Johnson has instructed civil servants to make plans to end Britain's reliance on China for vital medical supplies and other strategic imports.

 

Beijing is being criticised for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which began in China. Beijing denies U.S. allegations it has not been transparent about the outbreak.

 

"He (Johnson) still wants a relationship with China but the Huawei deal is going to be significantly scaled back. Officials have been instructed to come up with a plan to reduce Huawei's involvement as quickly as possible," a source was quoted by the Telegraph as saying.

 

The development would be a change of direction for Britain, which in late April confirmed it would allow Huawei to have a role in building its 5G phone network.

 

Britain decided in January to allow Huawei into what the government said were non-sensitive parts of the network, capping its involvement at 35%.

 

The United States has raised security concerns about Huawei equipment, and warned that allies that use it in their networks risked being cut off from valuable intelligence sharing feeds.

 

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; editing by Sonya Hepinstall and Grant McCool)

 

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[Matzzon 9,337]

25 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's involvement in Britain's 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis

That´s a good decision Boris! Now you really helped the development of technology in the aftermath of the virus. Frankenstein comes to mind.

[steve187 5,322]

we need to cut reliance on China, for as many things that we can, good for Boris seen sense at last on the 5g network, he has had a lot of near impossible things do deal with, and fe is the best man for the job, look at the rest of the bunch.

[car720 7,220]

About the medicines.  We don't need to stop the Chinese from making the medicines.  What we need to do is to stop the big Pharma from using the cheap Chinese labour.  They are the ones who have created this dependence.

 

[RichardColeman 17,083]

TV this morning said that 350,000,000 people had lost their jobs due to the Chinese virus. I think that proves that the world needs to completely rethink China and do away with them as much as necessary and  as soon as possible

[Caspersfriend 154]

4 hours ago, steve187 said:

we need to cut reliance on China, for as many things that we can, good for Boris seen sense at last on the 5g network, he has had a lot of near impossible things do deal with, and fe is the best man for the job, look at the rest of the bunch.

I have to instinctively take notice of a member who has a MK1 Lotus Cortina avatar .. even if they do appear to live in Pataya.

 

As  for Huawei being involved in the 5G rollout .. no roll .. just out out out

[Baerboxer 32,791]

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

That´s a good decision Boris! Now you really helped the development of technology in the aftermath of the virus. Frankenstein comes to mind.

 

So you believe the Huawei CEO when he states they are free from Chinese government interference and would never ever do anything unethical?

 

Frankenstein's monster's brain comes to mind.

[RickBradford 6,311]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

rime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's involvement in Britain's 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis,

Only one reduction will do - 100% removal.

 

All the UK's close allies want it, and I'll guess that a majority of UK citizens would vote for that as well. If Boris still has any political acumen following his illness, he should get rid of Huawei completely.

[Matzzon 9,337]

8 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

So you believe the Huawei CEO when he states they are free from Chinese government interference and would never ever do anything unethical?

 

Frankenstein's monster's brain comes to mind.

Why would I need to believe that? It´s the modern and the high quality technology they are after, nothing else. After that it´s up to the customer to have control of the system and protect themself.

If you in anyway are trying to put any talk about responsibility of the virus into this, it will neither have any place. The only thing we are talking about is a product and a buyer. That has nothing to do with the Chinese government or who we wish to blame the virus on.

[Bluespunk 49,110]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's involvement in Britain's 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported https://bit.ly/2zmI2DE.

...

The development would be a change of direction for Britain, which in late April confirmed it would allow Huawei to have a role in building its 5G phone network.

 

Britain decided in January to allow Huawei into what the government said were non-sensitive parts of the network, capping its involvement at 35%.

 

So is the telegraph insinuating covid-19 prompted this change of heart?

 

Yeah right.

Edited May 23 by Bluespunk

[Hayduke 4,700]

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

So you believe the Huawei CEO when he states they are free from Chinese government interference and would never ever do anything unethical?

 

Frankenstein's monster's brain comes to mind.

 

Absolutely correct. The Huawei CEO is flat out lying. Furthermore...the CEO doesn't have any choice in the matter. Huawei is obligated by Chinese law to share everything with the Chinese government and to act as an agent of Chinese Intelligence. This cooperation is legally mandated in the National Intelligence Law of the P.R.C. (2017).

 

https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/national-intelligence-law-of-the-p-r-c-2017/

 

Article 7: All organizations and citizens shall support, assist, and cooperate with national intelligence efforts in accordance with law, and shall protect national intelligence work secrets they are aware of.

 

 

Edited May 23 by Hayduke

[Keesters 1,822]

China will regret forever the releasing of WuFlu upon the world. 

[phantomfiddler 6,172]

Regarding reliance on Chinese products, after checking down on Ebay and Lazada and noticing that 97% of goods for sale are from China, one can only wonder what the other consumer item manufacturing countries are doing ? After buying a "Made in China" power bar recently and plugging in a small kettle, there was an immediate explosion and puff of smoke. A destructive investigation revealed that the internal copper wiring was slightly thicker than a human hair, which incidentally is very good for reducing cost of manufacture and hence the competition 

[Burma Bill 2,307]

18 minutes ago, Keesters said:

China will regret forever the releasing of WuFlu upon the world. 

Saw this recent photo in the Cambodian press which interested me. It was taken at a ceremony to open a new section of the highway linking Sihanoukville with Phnom Penh - look at the road signs in Khmer and English!!

 

[Mick501 1,070]

Whole world was already a little nervous about the Chinese governments bullying and aggressive behaviour even before the virus.   Not to mention stealing industrial secrets etc..

 

Their behaviour during the virus is equally concerning, concealing information, and threatening/mocking countries wanting an independent inquiry, and trade restrictions as punishment for calling for an inquiry.

 

The final cost of the virus needs to be compared to the economic benefits of trade relationships.  Many countries have found themselves with too many eggs in the China basket, and many will now be looking for alternatives.  Quite plausible the resultant trade reductions will be the catalyst for the inevitable burst of the Chinese economic bubble.  And only themselves to blame.