By Paul Sandle on Apr 21, 2021 8:13AM
After ban on Huawei.
A British taskforce has called for targets for the amount of telecoms kit to be sourced from new vendors or through open architecture to boost the range of 5G suppliers after Britain s ban on Huawei.
The Telecom Diversification Taskforce also said that a timetable to wind down 2G and 3G networks needed to be drawn up and the development of Open RAN architecture supported.
These measures are designed to support Britain s 250 million pound (A$451 million) diversification strategy that aims to reduce dependence on Ericsson and Nokia.
It said Britain should set a challenging ambition for the portion of kit supplied by alternative vendors or using Open RAN, adding that 25 percent by the mid-2020s should be the initial aspiration for network operators.
The security of the UK s telecom infrastructure and the sanctity of the beautiful game would seem to have little in common, but the same government officials preside over both in the oddly named Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Previously lampooned as the Ministry of Fun, it is suddenly on a crusade to overthrow both telecom and soccer tycoons, all in the name of openness. If that principle looks impossible to uphold when policymakers are this interventionist, the government seems oblivious.
Not since Galtieri invaded the Falklands has there been as much Conservative government outrage as when six of the UK s biggest soccer clubs this week said they would unite with foreign clubs such as Spain s Real Madrid in the breakaway European Super League (ESL). Conscious that soccer is the opium of the British people, and possibly the only thing between him and a vicious mob of publicans and small business owners angry about lockdown, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was apoplect
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