The ban could include components already built into the networks, requiring operators to remove and replace them, Zeit Online wrote, citing government sources.
The government, which is now in the midst of a broader re-evaluation of its relationship with top trade partner China, did not immediately reply to a request for comment. A source, however, confirmed the report to Reuters. 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.
Huawei, ZTE and the Chinese government reject these claims, saying that they are motivated by a protectionist desire to support non-Chinese rivals. A Huawei spokesperson said it did not comment on speculation about a possible ban on the use of certain components, and noted the company had a "very good security record" during its 20 years of delivering its technology to Germany and the rest of the world. ZTE did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
What a surprise, like a vassal state can make its own choice
Remember - if Trump did this it was racist
Ban 5G everywhere.
Germany 🇩🇪 needs quickly an election and change leadership as if continue this way they’ll start manufacturing Mercedes Volkswagen and BMW in US . They already give up the Eurofighter and nuclear power
Because America said so.
Not a independent nation.
But TIK TOK is still all good for the CCP to implement its 5th generational warfare through the app
Onward Christian soldiers, next war - China 🙄