{"id":26626,"date":"2020-07-06T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T21:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26626"},"modified":"2020-07-06T14:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T21:59:48","slug":"comme-ci-comme-ca-on-huawei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=26626","title":{"rendered":"COMME CI COMME \u00c7A ON HUAWEI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The French government will encourage telecommunications companies to avoid using equipment from Chinese telecom group Huawei, but will not ban the use of the equipment altogether, French newspaper Les Echos<\/a>\u00a0reported this week.<\/p>\n

Guillaume Poupard, the head of French cybersecurity agency ANSSI, told the newspaper that the government planned to advise French companies to avoid using Huawei equipment in the rollout of 5G networks, but would not place a complete ban on Huawei.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I can say is that there won\u2019t be a total ban,\u201d Guillaume Poupard told Les Echos\u00a0according to a Reuters report<\/a>. \u201cFor operators that are not currently using Huawei, we are inciting them not to go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poupard noted that for French companies already using Huawei products, the government would issue authorizations to allow these companies to use Huawei products for a further three to eight years.<\/p>\n

The reported upcoming French decision comes on the heels of the United Kingdom reportedly backtracking on its policies towards the company and considering speeding up the process of removing all Huawei equipment from its networks after recent moves by the Trump administration limited the company\u2019s ability to do business.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0cited a leaked report from the UK intelligence agency GCHQ in reporting Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being pressured by officials to phase out all Huawei equipment from British networks by 2029. According to The Telegraph, members of Johnson\u2019s party plan to urge him to move that deadline up to 2024, the end of the current Parliament.<\/p>\n

The British concerns mostly cite recent\u00a0moves by the Commerce Department<\/a>\u00a0to limit Huawei\u2019s ability to do business in the U.S. and with U.S. allies, with British officials noting that these limits could force Huawei to use vulnerable equipment in British 5G networks.<\/p>\n

Concerns around Huawei largely stem from a 2017 Chinese intelligence law that requires Chinese companies and citizens to disclose sensitive information to the government if requested. U.S. prosecutors have also\u00a0brought charges<\/a>\u00a0against the company for intellectual property theft, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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