EU Eyes Banning Huawei, ZTE Corp From Mobile Networks of Member Countries (archive.ph)
(Monday November 10, 2025 @10:30PM (BeauHD)
from the cease-and-desist dept.)
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- News link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/11/10/2257257/eu-eyes-banning-huawei-zte-corp-from-mobile-networks-of-member-countries
- Source link: https://archive.ph/20251110175209/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/eu-eyes-banning-huawei-from-mobile-networks-of-member-countries#selection-1547.0-1562.0
The European Commission is considering turning its non-binding 2020 guidance on "high-risk vendors" into a legal requirement that would [1]effectively force EU member states to phase out Huawei and ZTE from mobile and fixed-line networks . Bloomberg reports:
> Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen wants to convert the European Commission's 2020 recommendation to stop using high-risk vendors in mobile networks into a legal requirement, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private. While infrastructure decisions rest with national governments, Virkkunen's proposal would compel EU countries to align with the commission's security guidance.
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> The EU is increasingly focused on the risks posed by Chinese telecom equipment makers as trade and political ties with its second-largest trading partner fray. The concern is that handing over control of critical national infrastructure to companies with such close ties to Beijing could compromise national security interests.
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> Virkkunen is examining ways to limit the use of Chinese equipment suppliers in fixed-line networks, as countries push for the rapid deployment of state-of-the-art fiber cables to expand high-speed internet access. The commission is also considering measures to dissuade non-EU countries from relying on Chinese vendors, including by withholding Global Gateway funding from nations that use the grants for projects involving Huawei equipment, according to the people.
[1] https://archive.ph/20251110175209/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/eu-eyes-banning-huawei-from-mobile-networks-of-member-countries#selection-1547.0-1562.0
> Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen wants to convert the European Commission's 2020 recommendation to stop using high-risk vendors in mobile networks into a legal requirement, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private. While infrastructure decisions rest with national governments, Virkkunen's proposal would compel EU countries to align with the commission's security guidance.
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> The EU is increasingly focused on the risks posed by Chinese telecom equipment makers as trade and political ties with its second-largest trading partner fray. The concern is that handing over control of critical national infrastructure to companies with such close ties to Beijing could compromise national security interests.
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> Virkkunen is examining ways to limit the use of Chinese equipment suppliers in fixed-line networks, as countries push for the rapid deployment of state-of-the-art fiber cables to expand high-speed internet access. The commission is also considering measures to dissuade non-EU countries from relying on Chinese vendors, including by withholding Global Gateway funding from nations that use the grants for projects involving Huawei equipment, according to the people.
[1] https://archive.ph/20251110175209/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/eu-eyes-banning-huawei-from-mobile-networks-of-member-countries#selection-1547.0-1562.0
Third World Says Yay (Score:2)
This just leaves more product for other countries that run by morons, probably reducing prices worldwide. This is why much of Africa had 5G wireless before the US did.
Re: (Score:2)
I suspect that's more about the US phone companies not wanting to invest in new equipment without significant Gov subsidies as there's often not really a lot of competition in their markets.
US phone companies were charging people to send and receive SMS long after other countries stopped.