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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: 0.221s | 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. WatchDog ◴[15 Jul 20 00:30 UTC] No.23839834[source]▶
Wireless edge infrastructure is probably a higher value target than FTTC cabinet infra. You don't need lateral movement within the network to access it/enter your backdoor, it can provide you location information of people nearby, and bricking a wireless device denies service to more people than a FTTC cabinet.