Boris Johnson forced to reduce Huawei’s role in UK’s 5G networks
by Dan Sabbagh from Technology | The Guardian on (#53THQ)
PM set to shrink Chinese firm's involvement to zero by 2023 after caving to backbench pressure
Boris Johnson has been forced to cave into to Conservative backbench rebels opposed to the presence of Huawei in 5G networks and has drawn up plans to reduce the Chinese company's involvement to zero by 2023.
The prime minister's retreat is designed to stave off what could have been an embarrassing defeat when his existing proposal to reduce Huawei to a 35% market share was to be voted on in the Commons.
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