British telecoms giant BT Group to strip Huawei from core networks, limit 5G access

  • Huawei has not been included in BT’s selection of core 5G network equipment suppliers for EE, the UK’s largest mobile carrier
  • Following its acquisition of EE in 2016, BT started removing Huawei equipment from its core 3G and 4G networks

British telecommunications giant BT Group, which owns the UK’s biggest mobile services provider EE, says it will not use equipment from Huawei Technologies for the core network of its next-generation 5G infrastructure. Photo: Reuters

Britain’s BT Group said on Wednesday it was removing Huawei Technologies’ equipment from the core of its existing 3G and 4G mobile operations and would not use the Chinese company in central parts of the next-generation 5G network.

That followed recent moves made by New Zealand and Australia to stop telecommunications operators from using Huawei’s equipment in new 5G networks because of concerns about possible Chinese government involvement in their communications infrastructure.

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