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Re:Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027 by tompagenet2 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @08:49AM (#23831232)
On this thought, why is the concern about 5G rather than existing mobile networks and existing fixed-line networks (Huawei kit is common in both)? Is something different about 5G or the UK implementation of it?
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Re:Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027 by rich_sasha on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @08:58AM (#23831336)
Just guessing, but maybe Huawei was more niche when the earlier generations were built, so organically participated less in them anyway?

Or maybe the higher density of 5G kit makes the attack cross-section larger somehow?

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Re:Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027 by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @05:46PM (#23838373)
They're cheaper and its more likely that profit constrained telcos will buy their equipment as a competitive edge while selling out their populace.
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Re:Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027 by dogma1138 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @09:00AM (#23831365)
This is from all UK networks.
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