The UK was one to not figure in the discussion about Huawei and ZTE being threats to networks of the world. Apparently they may have changed their minds about Huawei. I wrote about this extensively in my first book, and denials from both companies followed. But the evidence of what the US was doing to keep Huawei and ZTE out of the US infrastructure was clear after CFIUS blocked several purchases and questioned teaming arrangements with technology companies in the US. I wrote that book 7 years ago, and added the new stories in the latest edition. This was not new.
The stated reason was some of Huawei's "engineering practices" which is a huge area that is always an issue to any company. There is a report done by the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation
Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board (Huawei has a seat on this board) that says only that there were two low level concerns about Huawei, on a rating scale that went low, medium, high. Both "were mitigated". Both were apparently security issues. That would not be any reason to say that the UK viewed Huawei with some suspicion. Either there is some other reason for this concern, or the story is overblown, I'm not sure which. There are certainly a lot of inconsistencies in stories that covered the conclusion that the UK had changed its mind about Huawei.
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