Deutsche Telekom: mooted timeline on German Huawei curbs unrealistic

United Internet AG

20/09/2023 09:20

FRANKFURT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom
 DTEGn.DE  on Wednesday said the mooted timeline on Germany
imposing curbs on the use of China's Huawei  HWT.UL  in its
network by 2026 were not realistic, highlighting Britain's
drawn-out attempts to do so.
     In a statement to Reuters, Deutsche Telekom questioned the
need to take action that could result in a significant drop in
quality of service to customers. 
    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 Rachel More)
 ((matthias.williams@thomsonreuters.com;))