Germany to bar Chinese companies' components from core parts of its 5G networks

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, signs promoting 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei are displayed at the PT Expo in Beijing. Germany's top security official says the country will bar the use of components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from core parts of its 5G networks, in two steps starting in 2026.

The decision follows negotiations in recent weeks with Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica, which operate Germany's 5G networks, and agreements will be signed with all three companies, the Interior Ministry said. “With this, we are protecting the central nervous systems of Germany as a business location — and we are protecting the communication of citizens, companies and the state,” she said. “We must reduce security risks and, unlike in the past, avoid one-sided dependencies.”

“Politicizing economic, trade, and sci-tech issues will only undermine normal technical exchanges and cooperation and is not in the interest of any party,” he said.

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Germany to bar Chinese companies' components from core parts of its 5G networksGermany's top security official says the country will bar the use of components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from core parts of its 5G networks, in two steps starting in 2026. Germany, which has Europe’s biggest economy, has long mulled what to do about components made by Chinese suppliers in its new-generation cellphone networks.
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