Date: January 28th, 2020 11:07 AM
Author: beady-eyed jade newt
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-k-chooses-china-s-huawei-build-parts-its-5g-n1124471
Jan. 28, 2020, 7:24 AM EST / Updated Jan. 28, 2020, 7:58 AM EST
By Patrick Smith
LONDON — The United Kingdom has risked angering the United States and potentially jeopardized intelligence sharing between the two nations by announcing on Tuesday that it will allow Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to build parts of its 5G internet network.
However, the U.K. government said in a statement that the company will only have access to 35 percent of the network, excluding "core" elements of the country's telecoms infrastructure. The company will also be labelled a "high-risk vendor."
The U.K. government released a statement that doesn't name Huawei, but outlines "how to best mitigate the risks of high risk vendors in 5G and gigabit-capable networks" — a reference to the Chinese firm.
"The government has reviewed the supply chain for telecoms networks and concluded today it is necessary to have tight restrictions on the presence of high risk vendors," Digital Secretary Baroness Morgan is quoted as saying in the statement. "This is a U.K.-specific solution for U.K.-specific reasons and the decision deals with the challenges we face right now."
Victor Zhang, Huawei's vice-president, said in a tweet that the company was "reassured by the U.K. government’s confirmation that we can continue working with our customers to keep the 5G roll-out on track."
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4431778&forum_id=2#39500987)