Great Britain is taking careful notice of what the United States says on the risks of using Huawei in 5G networks and does not want to be overly dependent on a third country for certain technologies, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said last 3 June.
"We take careful notice of everything the U.S. says on these issues," Hunt told BBC radio. "We will certainly listen carefully to what they say."
The Trump administration, which has sanctioned Huawei and tried to block it buying U.S. goods, has told allies not to use its 5G technology and equipment because of fears it would allow China to spy on sensitive communications and data.
"We haven't made our final decision but we have also made it clear that we are considering both the technical issues - how you make sure there isn't a backdoor so that a third country could use 5G to spy on us - but also the strategic issues so that you make sure that you are not technologically over-dependent on a third country for absolutely vital technology," Hunt said.
Last 15 May, U.S. President Donald Trump raised the stakes further by barring American firms from using kit made by firms that posed "a risk to national security". On the same day, the US Department of Commerce added Huawei to a list of firms with which American companies cannot do business without official permission.
After the sanctions were announced, Google suspended Huawei’s access to Android, which meant that users of the company's P20 and P30 phones would be denied updates as well as Google's proprietary add-ons to Android such as Search, Maps and the Play Store.
Initially, Huawei seemed sanguine about all of this boycotting. It was, it pointed out, a very large firm with deep pockets and lots of engineering and design talent. Besides, it had anticipated the embargo and built up massive stocks of components.
However, the British chip designer ARM announced that it could no longer sell Huawei licences for its smartphone CPUs because some of ARM's subsidiary companies were based in the US and thus subject to the embargo.
This was a brutal blow because ARM-designed processors power 95 percent of all the mobile devices in the world and designing processor chips from scratch would be a gargantuan undertaking.
"We take careful notice of everything the U.S. says on these issues," Hunt told BBC radio. "We will certainly listen carefully to what they say."
The Trump administration, which has sanctioned Huawei and tried to block it buying U.S. goods, has told allies not to use its 5G technology and equipment because of fears it would allow China to spy on sensitive communications and data.
"We haven't made our final decision but we have also made it clear that we are considering both the technical issues - how you make sure there isn't a backdoor so that a third country could use 5G to spy on us - but also the strategic issues so that you make sure that you are not technologically over-dependent on a third country for absolutely vital technology," Hunt said.
Last 15 May, U.S. President Donald Trump raised the stakes further by barring American firms from using kit made by firms that posed "a risk to national security". On the same day, the US Department of Commerce added Huawei to a list of firms with which American companies cannot do business without official permission.
After the sanctions were announced, Google suspended Huawei’s access to Android, which meant that users of the company's P20 and P30 phones would be denied updates as well as Google's proprietary add-ons to Android such as Search, Maps and the Play Store.
Initially, Huawei seemed sanguine about all of this boycotting. It was, it pointed out, a very large firm with deep pockets and lots of engineering and design talent. Besides, it had anticipated the embargo and built up massive stocks of components.
However, the British chip designer ARM announced that it could no longer sell Huawei licences for its smartphone CPUs because some of ARM's subsidiary companies were based in the US and thus subject to the embargo.
This was a brutal blow because ARM-designed processors power 95 percent of all the mobile devices in the world and designing processor chips from scratch would be a gargantuan undertaking.
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