Telecoms firms call for target on pulling out Huawei kit to be eased

Britain’s telecom companies may push the Government to scrap its initial targets to strip most Huawei kit from their networks by 2023 if tighter restrictions on the Chinese giant are announced this week. In January, the Government told providers that Huawei kit could only be used in the “non-core” elements of the 5G network and that there would be a 35pc cap on its use in the wider network by 2023. On Tuesday, the Government is expected to announce a total ban on all Huawei gea