Security News > 2020 > January > BT and Vodafone Reportedly Want Huawei 5G Gear

They're calling on Johnson to allow them to use Huawei gear for antennas and non-core parts of their 5G mobile phone networks, the Guardian reports, noting that they could send the letter as early as this week.

A secret technical assessment prepared last year by Britain's National Cyber Security Center, which is part of GCHQ and runs a center that tests Huawei equipment, reportedly concluded that the risks of using Huawei as part of the national 5G rollout, especially for non-core parts of the network, can be minimized if the process is appropriately managed.

In January 2019, Vodafone said that it had "Paused" using Huawei for core parts of its 4G and 5G networks in Europe.

Vodafone CEO Read warned at the time that banning Huawei would lead to a costly, two-year delay in Europe's 5G implementation and disrupt customers.

Last year, for example, the NCSC's Huawei test center concluded that Huawei's "Software engineering and cybersecurity processes" continued to beset by unresolved "Defects," and signaled to Huawei that it needs to do better.

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