Britain is all set to reconsider its decision of allowing Chinese company Huawei to build 5G network infrastructure in its nation, as a newly drafted intelligence report has confirmed that the installed infrastructure will only guarantee safety from Chinese espionage just for 7 years.
According to research conducted by Daily Mail, the National Cyber Security Center(NCSC) has concluded that Huawei 5G products are not secure and so the ban imposed by the United States against the Chinese vendor is completely true.
Britain’s Ministry is reported to approve the ban after a cabinet ban to be held at the end or early next week and so the purchase of Huawei’s 5G equipment due to be done in November this year might take a U-Turn.
Oliver Dowden, the Cultural Secretary has acknowledged that the Ministry has received the latest intelligence report from NCSC, a cyber arm of GCHQ, and said that a formal announcement on the matter will be announced shortly.
Mr. Dowden also reiterated the fact that decisions such as these definitely need some time to come to a consensus and admitted that there is a chance of Huawei’s entire technology getting scraped from Britain’s Telecom network by the end of 2029.
Note 1- A source from Huawei on the condition of anonymity reacted to the news and stated that the decision of NCSC to scrap Huawei from the 5G network build project might be a result of a pressure coming from Trump Administration.
Note 2- NCSC has clearly specified in its report that it’s better to replace Huawei with a company headquartered in western countries as reconsidering Asian alternatives like Japan’s NEC might be less trustworthy.
Note 3- Matt Hancock the Health Secretary of UK told Sky’s Sofy Ridge that Britain will take the decision on Huawei keeping the best interests of its populace.
Note 4- As per some trade analysts working for Alibaba, if Britain imposes a ban on the use of 5G products of Huawei in its network build, then it can witness a loss of $13 billion in GDP gains in the next 10 years.
