US President Donald Trump said that he was responsible for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to ban Huawei from Britain’s 5G network from the end of 2027.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will ban Huawei from Britain’s 5G network by ordering operators to remove its equipment by 2027.
The UK is poised to ban Huawei Technologies from its next-generation mobile networks under a two-step plan to protect critical systems from security threats, a person familiar with the matter said.
Vodacom Business Africa said on Monday that it is expanding its footprint into the Middle East by providing connectivity to partners and clients in 12 countries in the region.
China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week. This will allow it to maintain – and advance – its position as the factory floor of the world.
Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable challenges to complete a working constellation and rebuild a collapsed venture.
Alphabet began offering the world’s first commercial high-speed Internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of Kenya’s Rift Valley on Wednesday.
But pressure from the US has continued to grow and European governments and carriers have found themselves having to choose sides between two world powers.
Finland’s Nokia on Tuesday became the first major telecoms equipment maker to commit to adding open interfaces in its products that will allow operators to build networks that are not tied to a vendor.
Could communications regulator Icasa miss its self-imposed deadline of licensing 4G- and 5G-suitable spectrum by the end of the year? There is now a real concern this could happen. By Duncan McLeod.