Deadline Looms for BT to Remove Huawei out of UK’s Core Network

Published on December 21, 2023

The deadline is approaching for the UK’s telecoms operators to remove Huawei equipment from their core networks, but BT is reportedly at risk of missing the end-of-year target. The government announced the ban of Huawei equipment after the United States sanctioned the Chinese telecommunications giant, with various deadlines for different parts of networks. Operators have been told they could be fined up to 10 percent of their turnover or £100,000 per day if they fail to to meet their legal duty. According to Bloomberg, BT, the biggest telecoms provider in the UK which heavily relied on Huawei’s equipment for its networks, still hasn’t completed the work to replace Huawei equipment from its network core, although telecom news website Light Reading said the shift to an Ericsson platform has “nearly completed.”...

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