New British PM must take 5G decision on Huawei urgently: Committee
2019-07-19 09:54:29 source：The Straits Times
July 19, 2019
LONDON (REUTERS) - The new prime minister must take a decision on whether to include China's Huawei in Britain's 5G telecoms network urgently as the ongoing debate is damaging international relations, a powerful committee of UK lawmakers said on Friday (July 19).
The Parliament’s intelligence and security committee also warned that barring Huawei from operating in the UK could lower security standards and make networks less resilient to malicious attacks.
Britain's National Security Council, chaired by outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May, met to discuss Huawei in April and a decision was made to block the telecoms giant from all critical parts of the 5G network but to give it restricted access to less sensitive parts.
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