Subj : Huawei ban reportedly cost BT half a billion pounds, CEO claims
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 22 2023 10:15:04

Huawei ban reportedly cost BT half a billion pounds, CEO claims

Date:
Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:01:58 +0000

Description:
UK government forced telcos to replace Huawei's gear fearing possible Chinese 
snooping, leaving BT out of pocket.

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When the UK government decided to ban Chinese Huawei from developing its 5G 
infrastructure, it did so to allegedly protect its citizens from the Chinese 
government eavesdropping on their conversations. 

However BTs chief security and networks officer, Howard Watson, has now 
claimed the decision cost the company 500m (approximately $612 million). 

Instead of building on top of existing infrastructure, the UKs telecom 
providers were forced to first replace existing gear, which slowed the whole 
process down and put extra zeroes on the bill. Additional burden 

Andrea Don, chief network officer for Vodafone, added that the ban, and the 
subsequent move to replace existing Huawei gear with that of the competitors, 
was an additional burden to an already constrained capital prioritization 
process. 

We dont get any additional money when these things happen, he said. The net 
effect of the Huawei high-risk vendor swap legislation means weve had to 
scale back 5G. 

Still, the organizations are almost done replacing the gear. BT is well on 
its way to replace Huawei with Ericsson by the end of the year, with some 90% 
of its 5G mobile data now running on Swedish infrastructure. Vodafones Don 
added that the company made good progress in that respect. 

For the government, on the other hand, network resilience is its first 
priority: The long-term security and enduring resilience of the UKs telecoms 
network is of paramount importance, CityAM cited a spokesperson. 

We have one of the strongest telecoms security regimes in the world, which we 
have used to designate Huawei a high-risk vendor, and have issued clear 
directions for telecoms operators to control its presence in their networks 
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