Source: Xinhua
IMPACT FROM WASHINGTON
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.
In October, Sweden said all equipment of Huawei and ZTE, another Chinese company, must be removed from its 5G networks by 2025, a decision appealed by Huawei and now partially reversed by an administrative court.
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.
“Doing so may negatively impact local firms and cause Europe to lag behind the Asian or North American markets technologically, in terms of new opportunities generated by 5G innovation,” Leon Laulusa, executive vice president of ESCP Business School told Xinhua.
