Theresa May is considering giving limited approval to a Chinese telecoms company to run parts of Britain’s new 5G network in a move likely to trigger an angry response from the United States.
Huawei could be granted limited access to build parts of the network despite the opposition of a number of cabinet ministers and attempts by the United States to stop their allies from turning to the Chinese giant to build the next generation of mobile data communication infrastructure.
The issue was discussed yesterday afternoon at meeting of the National Security Council (NSC). The prime minister is now understood to be leaning towards an option that means Huawai will be banned or blocked from all the “core” parts of the 5G network and access