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Wednesday 29 January 2020
In snub to U.S., Britain will allow Huawei in 5G networks

By KELVIN CHAN and DAN- supplier of mobile net-
ICA KIRKA works, and it's considered
LONDON (AP) — Britain de- a cost-effective and high-
cided Tuesday to let Chi- quality alternative to its
nese tech giant Huawei main rivals, Finland's Nokia
have a limited role supply- and Sweden's Ericsson.
ing new high-speed net- The United States says that
work equipment to wire- China's communist leaders
less carriers, ignoring the could, under a 2017 nation-
U.S. government's warnings al intelligence law, compel
that it would sever intelli- Huawei to carry out cy-
gence sharing if the com- berespionage. The U.S. has
pany was not banned. threatened repeatedly to
Britain's decision is the first cut off intelligence sharing
by a major U.S. ally in Eu- with allies that use Huawei.
rope, and follows intense "Here's the sad truth: our
lobbying from the Trump special relationship is less
administration as the U.S. special now that the U.K.
vies with China for techno- has embraced the surveil-
logical dominance. lance state commies at
It sets up a diplomatic Huawei,'' said U.S. Sen. Ben
clash with the Americans, Mobile network phone masts are visible in front of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, Sasse, a Republican on the
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.
who claim that British sover- Associated Press Senate Select Committee
eignty is at risk because the on Intelligence. "During
company could give the is due to pay a two-day ing to networks and helps Zhang said on a confer- the Cold War, Margaret
Chinese government ac- visit starting Wednesday manage data traffic. ence call with reporters. Thatcher never contracted
cess to data, an allegation to meet with Johnson and But Britain will allow high By giving Huawei limited with the KGB to save a few
Huawei denies. Raab to reaffirm the tran- risk suppliers to provide up access, Johnson's gov- pennies.''
"We would never take deci- Atlantic relationship. to 35% of a carrier's less ernment is attempting to With 5G, U.S. officials also
sions that threaten our na- A senior Trump administra- risky radio network, based thread a path between worry that because the
tional security or the securi- tion official said the U.S. is on factors including the the U.S. and China, analysts "core" will run extensively
ty of our Five Eyes partners," disappointed by the deci- amount of data traffic and said. "In truth the U.K. had on software, it could be
Foreign Secretary Dominic sion, adding that the U.S. the number of base sta- little room to manoeuvre," nearly impossible to spot
Raab said, referring to a government would work tions. said Emily Taylor, CEO of an accidental vulnerability
security arrangement in with the U.K. on a "way The announcement did Oxford Information Labs, a or a malicious "backdoor"
which Britain, the United forward" that leads to the not mention any compa- cyber intelligence compa- among millions of lines of
States, Australia, Canada exclusion of "untrusted ven- nies by name but said "high ny. The decision "seeks to computer code. Huawei
and New Zealand, share in- dor components" from 5G risk vendors are those who carve an acceptable mid- denies the allegations, say-
telligence. "We know more networks. The official was pose greater security and dle ground that will keep ing there's never been any
about Huawei and the risks not authorized to comment resilience risks to U.K. tele- various contending forces evidence it is responsible
that it poses than any other on the sensitive diplomacy coms networks" - a clear happy," she said, noting for a breach.
country in the world.'' between longstanding al- reference to Huawei. that British wireless carries For Britain, the 5G infra-
The decision was awkward lies and spoke on condition Huawei said it was reas- have already been using structure program is con-
for British Prime Minister Boris of anonymity. sured by the "evidence- Huawei gear for 15 years. sidered critical as it leaves
Johnson, who risks the fury In its decision, the British based decision," portraying The 5G technology is ex- the EU and aims to position
of one of Britain's closest government said it was it as a victory. Executives pected to drive the next its economy to benefit from
allies at just the moment it excluding "high risk" com- said 35% of a market would wave of innovation, trans- technological innovation.
needs the Trump's admin- panies from supplying the be a good result for most mitting massive amounts The government said
istration to quickly strike a sensitive "core" parts of companies. of data from more objects Tuesday it is taking some
trade deal after Brexit. Brit- the new fifth-generation, "We need to have strong and locations. It would, for steps that will allow it "to
ain officially leaves the Eu- or 5G, networks. The core competition to make sure example, help make pos- mitigate the potential
ropean Union at the end of is the brain that keeps the consumer can enjoy sible self-driving cars or re- risk posed by the supply
the week, and U.S. Secre- track, among other things, the best possible technolo- mote surgery. chain and to combat the
tary of State Mike Pompeo of smartphones connect- gies," Vice President Victor Huawei is the top global range of threats, whether

Billionaire apologizes for telling Trump ‘Africa loves you’ cyber criminals, or state
sponsored attacks.'' The
plans include encourag-
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME cans' behalf. In the video, ing smaller suppliers such
Associated Press Motsepe can be heard tell- as South Korea's Samsung
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A ing Trump during a group and Japan's NEC to enter
South African billionaire dinner that "Africa loves the British market.
businessman has apolo- America. Africa loves you. The government will draft
gized for telling U.S. Presi- It is very, very important. legislation to make the se-
dent Donald Trump that We want America to do curity requirements man-
"Africa loves you" during well. We want you to do datory. In the meantime,
the World Economic Forum In this Dec. 15, 2013 file photo, British entrepreneur Richard well. The success of Ameri- cybersecurity officials will
in Davos last week. Branson, left, speaks to South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, ca is the success of the rest advise wireless carriers,
A video of Patrice Mot- centre, and his wife Precious Makgosi Moloi, right, before of the world." some of whom have al-
sepe's remarks to Trump the funeral service for former South African President Nelson In response to Motsepe's ready installed Huawei
Mandela in Qunu, South Africa.
went viral on social media Associated Press introduction, Trump said: 5G-capable gear that ex-
and sparked outrage from "You've done a great job, ceeds the 35% cap, on
people who disagreed with Motsepe and lambasted him for speaking on Afri- thank you very much." q how to comply. q