Germany in deal to cut Huawei's role in 5G wireless network, report says

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

10/07/2024 14:10

FRANKFURT, July 10 (Reuters) - The German government and
mobile phone carriers have agreed in principle to reduce the use
of components from Chinese technology groups in the nation's 5G
wireless network, a group of German media outlets reported on
Wednesday.
    Deutsche Telekom  DTEGn.DE , Vodafone  VOD.L  and Telefonica
Deutschland  O2Dn.H  have agreed with German government
officials that the nation's core network of 5G data centres
should be free of technology made by companies such as Huawei
 HWT.UL  and ZTE  000063.SZ  in 2026, newspaper Sueddeutsche
Zeitung as well as broadcasters NDR and WDR said in a joint
report.
    The German interior ministry and the government were not
immediately available for comment.

 (Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Andreas Rinke, Editing by
Rachel More)
 ((ludwig.burger@thomsonreuters.com; +49 30 220133634;))