The ban on the installation of new components of the Chinese giant Huawei by British telecommunications companies engaged in the development of modern 5G networks will start from September 2021.
This was established by the government of Boris Johnson in the guidelines relating to the law - announced in recent months and filed today in Parliament - which targets the "suppliers" of the telecommunications sector considered "at high risk" for national security.
The guidelines were signed by the Minister of Culture, Media and Digital, Oliver Dowden. Under the bill - put in place after a long period of anti-Huawei pressure from the American ally against London - British companies will be required to get rid of all the components supplied by the Chinese giant by 2027. But the Dowden's implementation indications now specify that from next September they will no longer be authorized to acquire new ones and will only be able to continue to guarantee the maintenance of what has already been purchased. The guidelines are then accompanied by a "strategy of diversification of the chain" of sellers, so that the country "no longer depends on a handful" of suppliers.
