WASHINGTON: Members of the US Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow China’s Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UK’s next-generation 5G networks.
Republican President Donald Trump signed an executive order in May barring US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by companies deemed to pose a national security risk, such as Huawei.In November, the Federal Communications Commission followed up by voting unanimously to designate Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, effectively barring their rural customers in the United States from tapping a US$8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment.
Last week, Congress passed legislation to reimburse telecommunications providers with fewer than two million customers who replace equipment in their networks deemed to pose a national security risk.