Telecommunications: Huawei

(asked on 16th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2020 to Question 124751, when he plans to publish details on the removal of Huawei equipment from the fixed network.


Answered by
Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

The Government is reaching the end of a technical consultation with operators to understand their supply chain alternatives to Huawei in full fibre networks.

The consultation is not considering the removal and replacement of Huawei in full fibre networks.

Information gathered as part of the consultation is commercially sensitive.

The Secretary of State will announce the outcome in due course.

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