UK gives Huawei partial role in 5G networkAn attendee wears a badge strip with the logo of Huawei and a sign for 5G at the World 5G Exhibition in Beijing on Nov 22 last year. BT is already set to switch out Huawei core network components inherited when it bought the EE mobile network in 2016. In a statement, Huawei vice-president Victor Zhang said it was "reassured" that the UK will let the company keep working with carriers on 5G. Vodafone Group Plc, which uses Huawei in its U.K. radio network, said "we aim to keep any potential disruption to customers to a minimum." Huawei has been a key supplier to the UK and many other European phone networks for over a decade so this decision will be closely watched by others.

Source: Bangkok Post January 28, 2020 13:07 UTC