No one can deny Huawei's contribution to 5g technology. The incident about Huawei's executives has been raging before, but the war is still going on today. People who have been paying close attention to 5g news should know that British commercial companies have given up cooperation with 5g and universities have stopped receiving funding. In this case, does the UK really want to 'kill' Huawei?
Jeremy Wright, the UK's minister in charge of digital, cultural, media and sports, said: stop it first, it's not settled yet & hellip;
Last week, the house of Commons sent letters to white and other cabinet ministers asking them to make clear whether the government has decided to ban Huawei. In an interview recently, he said that the government has not decided to exclude Huawei from commercial bidding including key contracts. 5g is a very important technology and "it is necessary to deal with it prudently.". '
On Sunday, Norman lamb, chairman of the science and Technology Committee of the house of Commons, sent a letter to cabinet members such as the Minister of defense, foreign affairs and culture, asking whether the government had confidence in the security of its communications infrastructure.
He asked how the government would deal with the security risks caused by private companies and foreign suppliers in its key telecommunications infrastructure.
The Sunday Times said in the letter, Mr. lamb also pressed Mr. White to make a decision on whether to follow the alliance's allies to ban Huawei. Previously, the United States and Australia in the "five eyes alliance" have banned Huawei 5g equipment in their own countries.
White is a member of the British Conservative Party and was the Attorney General of England and Wales. Last July, he became Secretary of state for digital, cultural, media and sports affairs. The Department is responsible for the development of the UK's telecommunications and broadband policy.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday (23rd) during the Davos forum, white said publicly for the first time: 'Huawei has not been excluded from the bidding of domestic commercial contracts'.
Reuters said the statement meant Huawei could still compete for sensitive contracts in the UK.
White added: 'it's necessary to deal with this prudently. 5g is a very important technology, its network is very valuable, and it can do a lot of things in the future'. The UK should 'wisely ensure that the choice of supply chain is as we wish. '
Before that, there was a heated debate in the UK over Huawei's participation in the 5g contract. One side believed that Huawei should follow the practice of many years and deal with it through dialogue and supervision; the other side insisted on following its allies and banning Huawei's 5g equipment in an all-round way.
On December 5 last year, BT announced that it had excluded Huawei from the bidding list of its core 5g network equipment supply contract and would remove Huawei equipment from its core 4G network within two years.
At the same time, Alex younger, the head of British intelligence agency and director of MI6, said in his speech that the British government has not yet determined how to take action on whether to use Huawei 5g technology and is facing a 'dilemma'.
Since the end of December last year, there have been news that Huawei has been removed from the British police communication network, that Oxford University has suspended accepting Huawei's donation, and that the defense minister expressed "serious concern" about Huawei's participation in 5g.
"If they don't choose Huawei, we will focus on choosing our customers," Liang Hua, chairman of Huawei, said at the Davos Forum Tuesday. '
Currently, the Huawei network security assessment center Regulatory Commission (hcsec), established by the UK government and sponsored by Huawei, is conducting a large-scale investigation to determine whether the company constitutes a security risk and its participation in key telecommunications infrastructure in the UK.
Mr White said he expected the report to come out in the next few weeks, and he would make a decision based on the results. 'that's one of the purposes of the assessment, and we have to understand the current situation of the market and what it might look like in the future. '