LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's
government will ban Huawei from Britain's 5G network by ordering
telecoms companies to remove its equipment by 2027, Media
Secretary Oliver Dowden said on Tuesday.
Operators will not be able to purchase 5G components from
Huawei from the end of this year and were told to remove all
existing Huawei gear made by the Chinese telecoms behemoth from
the 5G network by 2027.
"The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has now reported
to ministers, that they have significantly changed their
security assessment of Huawei's presence in the UK's 5g
network," Dowden told the House of Commons after Johnson chaired
a meeting of Britain's National Security Council (NSC).
(Reporting by Paul Sandle and Guy Faulconbridge; editing by
Michael Holden)