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Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027

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293 points doener | 1 comments | 14 Jul 20 12:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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benlumen ◴[14 Jul 20 21:51 UTC] No.23838421[source]▶
Something I don't see many people talking about is how Openreach, the UK's main physical layer broadband provider, uses Huawei kit in the majority of its street cabinets and has done since FTTC VDSL was rolled out a decade ago.

5G is the tip of the iceberg with respect to the UK's communications infrastructure involvement with Huawei.

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1. mhandley ◴[14 Jul 20 22:15 UTC] No.23838689[source]▶
The article does touch on this:

"New restrictions will also apply to use of the company's broadband kit.

Operators are being told they should "transition away" from purchasing new Huawei equipment for use in full-fibre networks, ideally within the next two years."

Not clear if this is just FTTP or whether it includes FTTC, but I doubt there's a lot of new investment in FTTC going forward.