France is going against the American trend in dealing with the Chinese company Huawei, regarding the establishment of French fifth generation (5G) communication networks.
According to the Arab Portal for Technical News, the head of the French cybersecurity agency (ANSSI) made it clear that there would be no total ban on the use of equipment from Huawei, but the government encourages companies French communication to avoid moving to the Chinese company.
And Guillaume Poupard for Les Echos in an interview: What I can say is that there will not be a total ban, but for operators who are not currently using it, we urge them to Not used.
The US government has urged its allies to exclude the Chinese telecom giant from next-generation telecommunications networks, saying: Beijing may use it to spy, while Huawei has denied the accusations. >
The United States has already included the Chinese telecom giant on the national security list, while French telecom companies that use the Chinese company’s equipment will only receive limited-time licenses.
The French statements are considered the latest development in the controversy surrounding the participation of Huawei, after several Western countries prevented the company from participating in (5G) networks due to security concerns. p>
Sources told Reuters in March: France will not ban Huawei, but will seek to keep it away from the core mobile network nucleus due to the dangers of greater surveillance, depending on it is treating Sensitive information, such as customer personal data.
France’s decision on Huawei equipment is crucial for two of the country's four telecom operators, Bouygues Telecom and SFR, because about half of the current mobile phone network is for a generation The fourth is made by the Chinese company.
Boppard said in the interview: For those who already use Huawei, we offer licenses for periods of 3 to 8 years, a restriction that is likely to limit the Chinese company's access to French (5G) Network.
The state-controlled company Orange has chosen Nokia European (Nokia) and Ericsson competitors to deploy the 5G network. >
Bopard explained that operators who have not received an explicit authorization to use Huawei 5G equipment can consider failure to respond after the legal deadline to reject their requests.
