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European Union countries can restrict or exclude high-risk 5G
providers from core parts of their telecoms network infrastructure under
new guidelines to be issued by the European Commission next
week,
people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
According to ET Telecoms, the non-binding recommendations are part of
a set of measures aimed at addressing cybersecurity risks at national
and bloc-wide level, in particular concerns related to world No. one
player Huawei Technologies.
The guidelines do not identify any particular country or company, the people said.
“Stricter security measures will apply for high-risk vendors for
sensitive parts of the network or the core infrastructure,” one of the
people said.
EU digital economy chief Margrethe Vestager is expected to announce the recommendations on Jan. 29.
Other measures include urging EU countries to audit or even issue certificates for high-risk suppliers.
EU governments will also be advised to diversify their suppliers and
not depend on one company and to use technical and non-technical factors
to assess them.
Europe is under pressure from the United States to ban Huawei
equipment on concerns that its gear could be used by China for spying.
Huawei, which competes with Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson has
denied the allegations.
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