A bill that would give the government greater powers to shut out high-risk vendors from the UK’s telecoms infrastructure will be put before parliament on Tuesday.At the beginning of the year, ministers determined that additional safeguards should be put into place to protect the UK’s 5G and gigabit-capable networks and exclude ‘high risk’ vendors from areas of it that are critical to security.High risk vendors are those who pose greater security and resilience risks to UK telecoms.The new Telecommunications (Security) Bill aims to create national security powers capable of imposing controls on when – if at all – a telecoms firm can use material supplied by companies like Huawei.In the summer the government announced a ban on the purchase of any new 5G equipment from the Chinese firm from the end of the year. Advertisement It also unveiled plans to rip out all Huawei equipment from 5G networks by 2027.These moves will be enshrined in law by the new bill. More from Huawei Ericsson to help replace banned Huawei tech in UK’s 5G network ‘Clear evidence of collusion’ between Huawei and Beijing, claim MPs GCHQ discovered ‘nationally significant’ vulnerability in Huawei equipment Task force to find Huawei replacement in 5G networks… Read full this story
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