China News Client, July 14th (Cheng Chunyu) On the evening of July 14th, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, the British Minister of Culture Oliver Dowden announced that the United Kingdom has decided to stop using Huawei in 5G construction. equipment. Edward Brewster, a spokesman for Huawei UK, said: This decision is disappointing and is bad news for all mobile phone users in the UK. This may cause the UK to fall into the slow lane of digital development, increase consumer communication expenses, and deepen the digital divide. Instead of "improving" this move, it will reduce the level of development in the UK. We urge the government to reconsider this decision. We are confident that the new US regulatory measures will not affect the resilience and safety of the products we provide to the UK.
"Unfortunately, Huawei’s future development in the UK is politicized. This move stems from US trade policy rather than security issues. Over the past 20 years, Huawei has focused on building better network connections in the UK. As a responsible enterprise, we We will continue to support our customers as always," Edward Brewster said. "We will carefully examine the impact of today’s announcement on our future UK business and communicate with the UK government to clarify how we will continue to help the UK build better network connections. "