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| Two Huawei 5G kit-removal deadlines put back | Two Huawei 5G kit-removal deadlines put back |
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| All Huawei equipment must be removed by 2027 | All Huawei equipment must be removed by 2027 |
| The government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks. | The government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks. |
| The requirement to remove the Chinese company's products from the network core has been pushed back 11 months, to 31 December 2023. | The requirement to remove the Chinese company's products from the network core has been pushed back 11 months, to 31 December 2023. |
| And a limit on the amount of Huawei kit in fibre-broadband infrastructure must now be achieved by the end of October, rather than July, next year. | |
| It follows advice from the National Cyber Security Centre. | It follows advice from the National Cyber Security Centre. |
| The NCSC decided the security of Huawei's products could no longer be managed, in 2020, following a US decision to place the company under sanctions, and the UK government said all its equipment had to be stripped out of the UK by the end of 2027. | The NCSC decided the security of Huawei's products could no longer be managed, in 2020, following a US decision to place the company under sanctions, and the UK government said all its equipment had to be stripped out of the UK by the end of 2027. |
| This and eight other interim deadlines remain unchanged. | This and eight other interim deadlines remain unchanged. |
| 'Network outages' | 'Network outages' |
| The US authorities fear Huawei's 5G equipment makes countries vulnerable to their data being accessed by the Chinese state or having critically important services switched off. | The US authorities fear Huawei's 5G equipment makes countries vulnerable to their data being accessed by the Chinese state or having critically important services switched off. |
| Huawei has denied being controlled by the Chinese government or posing a security threat. | Huawei has denied being controlled by the Chinese government or posing a security threat. |
| The new deadline extensions follow consultations with Huawei and UK telecoms providers. | The new deadline extensions follow consultations with Huawei and UK telecoms providers. |
| The government said a small number of operators had indicated - because of the pandemic and global supply-chain issues - the original deadlines risked network outages and disruption for customers. | The government said a small number of operators had indicated - because of the pandemic and global supply-chain issues - the original deadlines risked network outages and disruption for customers. |
| Providers should meet the original targets wherever possible, it said, and it expected most of them would do so. | Providers should meet the original targets wherever possible, it said, and it expected most of them would do so. |
| 'Security risk' | 'Security risk' |
| The direction to remove Huawei equipment is also being put on a legal footing through the handing of notices called designated-vendor directions to all 35 UK telecoms network operators, under the Telecoms Security Act, which came into force in November 2021. | The direction to remove Huawei equipment is also being put on a legal footing through the handing of notices called designated-vendor directions to all 35 UK telecoms network operators, under the Telecoms Security Act, which came into force in November 2021. |
| Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan said it allowed the government to "drive up the security of telecoms infrastructure and control the use of high-risk equipment". | Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan said it allowed the government to "drive up the security of telecoms infrastructure and control the use of high-risk equipment". |
| "We must have confidence in the security of our phone and internet networks, which underpin so much about our economy and everyday lives," she added. | "We must have confidence in the security of our phone and internet networks, which underpin so much about our economy and everyday lives," she added. |
| NCSC technical director Dr Ian Levy said: "The Telecoms Security Act ensures we can be confident in the resilience of the everyday services on which we rely and the legal requirements in this designated-vendor direction are a key part of the security journey." | NCSC technical director Dr Ian Levy said: "The Telecoms Security Act ensures we can be confident in the resilience of the everyday services on which we rely and the legal requirements in this designated-vendor direction are a key part of the security journey." |
| Huawei has been issued a separate document - a designation notice - which categorises the company as a high-risk vendor of 5G network equipment and services and sets out all of the reasons the government considers it a national security risk, including the impact of the US sanctions. | Huawei has been issued a separate document - a designation notice - which categorises the company as a high-risk vendor of 5G network equipment and services and sets out all of the reasons the government considers it a national security risk, including the impact of the US sanctions. |