These measure were announced by the DCMS Secretary of State Oliver Dowden in the Commons earlier todayAn hour or so before the announcement the Chairman of Huawei UK, Lord Browne, the former BP CEO, resigned.Dowden relied heavily on the decision of the NCSC that Huawei switchgear is now unsafe following the US decision to ban Huawei from using US chips.He also said that the UK’s long-term target is to work towards an O-RAN network and the government is talking to Samsung and NEC towards that goal as well as to the existing vendors Nokia and Ericsson.Dowden said that the decision did not affect Huawei’s 2G 3G and 4G switchgear in the UK network because the US chip ban only applied to 5G equipment.
Iain Duncan-Smith pointed out that Huawei would be continuing to provide software updates to the 2G, 3G and 4G equipment.
Source: This news is taken from www.electronicsweekly.com
