The UK government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from Britain’s 5G networks to avoid disruptions to telecommunications services.
The requirement to remove the Chinese firm’s products from the network core has been pushed back to Dec. 31, 2023, 11 months later than originally stipulated.
Also, British telecom operators must limit the amount of Huawei kit in their fibre-broadband infrastructure to under 35 percent by the end of October 2023, three months after the original deadline.
The decision was reached following advice from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said on Oct. 13….