After discussing with Huawei and telecoms companies, Britain on Thursday extended the deadline for removing hardware and services from China’s Huawei from essential network activities to December 31, 2023, from the original goal date of January 28, 2023.
By the end of 2027, all Huawei equipment must be removed from British 5G networks, according to the government.
The restriction on Huawei to 35% of the complete fiber access network was further extended by three months, to October 31, 2023.
In response to pressure from the United States, Britain chose to ban Huawei and other manufacturers from its 5G networks in 2020.
Operators like BT (BT.L), Vodafone (VOD.L), and Hutchison (0215. HK) were forced to switch to alternative providers and finally take out Huawei equipment already present in their networks as a result of the embargo, which was codified into law last year.
