UK could ban Huawei from core of 5G networks over 'very shoddy' security

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UK could ban Huawei from core of 5G networks over 'very shoddy' security

GCHQ's Dr Ian Levy: Huawei is 'engineering like it's back in the year 2000'

Huawei is facing a ban from the core of 5G networks in the UK over official claims that the security of its communications products is ‘very shoddy'. The claims were made by GCHQ's technical director...

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