U.S. Hails U.K.’s Decision To Prohibit Huawei From 5G Networks

United States of America welcomes news that the United Kingdom plans to ban Huawei from future 5G networks and phase out untrusted Huawei equipment from existing networks.

With this decision, the UK joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of untrusted, high-risk vendors, Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo said on Tuesday.

“We will continue to work with our British friends on fostering a secure and vibrant 5G ecosystem, which is critical to Transatlantic security and prosperity.”

Pompeo noted, in a press statement that the momentum in favor of secure 5G is building, remarking: “The UK joins democracies such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and Sweden in banning Huawei from future 5G networks.”

Clean carriers like Jio in India, Telstra in Australia, SK and KT in South Korea, NTT in Japan, and others, he noted, have also prohibited the use of Huawei equipment in their networks.

He said Countries need to be able to trust that 5G equipment and software will not threaten national security, economic security, privacy, intellectual property, or human rights.