As the United States continues to wield bans and sanctions to lock Huawei out of the global 5G market and coerce its allies into doing the same, Huawei has seen its 5G business in several European markets sabotaged in recent months, despite the company s ongoing presence in parts of the continent.
Britain has decided to remove all Huawei equipment from its 5G networks by 2027. On Nov. 30, the British government said British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kits after September 2021.
This decision does not serve anyone s best interests as it would move Britain into the digital slow lane and put at risk the Government s levelling up agenda, said Huawei UK in a statement.
Source: Xinhua|
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Video PlayerClose A ban on Huawei would put a major damper on Europe s 5G ambitions, potentially causing multi-year setbacks and letting the United States decide what technology is available and who can use it, and Europe will not achieve its strategic autonomy, said Abraham Liu, Huawei s chief representative to the European Union (EU) Institutions. An Oxford Economics report released recently showed that Huawei has contributed 16.4 billion euros (19.8 billion U.S. dollars) to Europe s GDP and supported 224,300 jobs in 2019. The company also generated 6.6 billion euros in tax revenues for European authorities the same year. Huawei has undergone the most rigorous of testing of cyber security within the IT industry. Organizations such as the BSI in Germany, SERTIT in Norway and CCN in Spain have completed independent assessment and issued certification of our products. In addition, Huawei s devices have been tested at the source level