Telefonica may seek damages in event of Huawei curbs in Germany

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

20/09/2023 08:59

FRANKFURT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Telefonica Deutschland
 O2Dn.DE  on Wednesday said it would consider seeking damages
from the German government as well as legal action if Berlin
imposed restrictions on using China's Huawei  HWT.UL  that meant
retrospective changes to its network. 
    In a statement to Reuters, Telefonica Deutschland said it
was in regular contact with the German authorities and stressed
the need for consistency in planning for the security of
communications infrastructure. 
    Earlier a government official said Germany's interior
ministry plans to force telecoms operators to slash the use of
equipment from Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks after a
review highlighted an over-reliance on these Chinese suppliers.

 (Reporting by Hakan Ersen; writing by Matthias Williams;
editing by Friederike Heine)
 ((matthias.williams@thomsonreuters.com;))