In light of the U.K.’s announcement today to phase Huawei tech from its 5G network, here's @MPIainDS at Hudson: “It’s time now that we eradicate them from any plans for 5G. But more importantly that we actually got them out of the existing systems like 4G” https://www.hudson.org/research/16209-transcript-u-k-china-clash-a-conversation-with-sir-iain-duncan-smith-mp

. @MPIainDS: “Why should we have to rely on them for telecoms? I was told the other day that it’s because Huawei is technologically more advanced than other countries. That is completely untrue.”

. @MPIainDS: “Companies like Ericsson are far more advanced than Huawei. We also know that the microchips designed in the United States are 10, 12 years ahead of anything produced in China and Huawei depends on those things.”

Hudson’s @b_judah writes, “Imminent plans to drop Huawei from the British 5G network are set to raise the stakes even further. The Chinese ambassador in London is now saying Britain is treating China as potentially “a hostile partner.”

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