{"id":46607,"date":"2019-07-08T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=46607"},"modified":"2019-07-08T07:21:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T05:21:33","slug":"uk-mobile-carriers-are-working-with-huawei-to-build-5g-networks-despite-security-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2019\/07\/uk-mobile-carriers-are-working-with-huawei-to-build-5g-networks-despite-security-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"UK mobile carriers are working with Huawei to build 5G networks, despite security fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\ncontroversial Chinese tech giant Huawei is working with the UK\u2019s four largest\nmobile carriers to develop the nation\u2019s next-generation 5G cell networks,\ndespite accusations from US officials that the company could pose a security\nthreat, The Guardian<\/em> reported\nSaturday<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nmove could spark tension between the UK and the US, which is taking a hard line\nagainst the company. US officials have warned that Huawei<\/a> could serve as a proxy the\nChinese government, allowing them to spy on other countries and\ncompanies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

President\nDonald Trump has listed Huawei as a national security threat, and US\nintelligence agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA have warned citizens\nagainst using Huawei phones. US officials have also barred the use of Huawei equipment<\/a> by the\ngovernment, and the Justice Department has accused Huawei\u2019s chief financial\nofficer of violating sanctions against Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nUS has also asked other nations not to use Huawei equipment in their national\nsecurity infrastructure, and warned allies that doing so could limit their\nwillingness to share classified data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huawei\nhas denied the allegations and said the US has not produced any evidence that\nit has or ever would cooperate with China\u2019s government to that end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huawei\u2019s participation represents a gamble for the UK companies, since the government could still ban the Chinese firm from any involvement with 5G networks. Some senior UK officials share US concerns, and a government review clarifying whether Huawei can be involved in 5G infrastructure has faced delays, with ministers and officials split over restrictions the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vodafone,\nEE, O2, and Three are all working with Huawei<\/a> on \u201cnon-core\u201d\ncomponents of their networks, sources told The Guardian<\/em>, in accordance\nwith limits the government is widely expected to impose. But they\u2019re gambling\nthat officials will opt against a stricter approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excluding\nHuawei entirely would delay 5G availability by up to two years, costing the\neconomy up to \u00a36.8 billion, according to the London-based analyst group\nAssembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Trump has backed down somewhat, saying US companies should be allowed to sell certain components to Huawei. And officials have yet to determine what equipment qualifies as \u201ccore\u201d and \u201cnon-core\u201d components, complicated by the fact that sensitive data will be accessed further from the core in 5G networks than in its predecessors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto Assembly\u2019s Matthew Howett:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\nis the whole debate about where the core and access network are delineated. But\nthe reality is that the operators are all using Huawei to an extent \u2013 they are\nquite happy with it. The government has huge ambitions for what 5G can deliver\nto the economy, and a bad decision based on politics could seriously stop that\nfrom being a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo:\nCC0 via Wikimedia Commons <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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