Stefan Mileschin

Could force operaters to replace them

Germany's government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks.

The ban could include components already built into the networks, requiring operators to remove and replace them and is part of a broader re-evaluation of its relationship with top trade partner China.

Critics of Huawei and ZTE say that their close links to China’s security services mean that embedding them in the ubiquitous mobile networks of the future could give Chinese spies and even saboteurs access to swathes of essential infrastructure. The critics have yet to provide evidence for these claims which appear to be a lot harder to find that proof that the German government became rather too dependent on that nice Mr Putin's gas.

https://fudzilla.com/news/network/56...huawei-and-zte