Removing Huawei by 2023 would cause data 'blackouts', MPs told

BT executive says UK customers on 5G, 4G and 2G would all face problems if equipment removed

The UK would face mobile phone blackouts" if networks were required to remove all Huawei equipment by 2023, a BT executive has told MPs.

Speaking to the Commons science and technology committee, Howard Watson, BT's chief technology and information officer, said the proposed three-year timeframe for the removal of the Chinese firm from Britain's mobile phone infrastructure was borderline unachievable.