It's complicated, says Britain's MI6 spymaster on Huawei 5G issue

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It's complicated, says Britain's MI6 spymaster on Huawei 5G issue

No easy answers: chief of Britain's foreign intelligence.

Britain should avoid relying on a monopoly provider of equipment in new 5G mobile networks, but there are no easy answers to concerns about using Chinese supplier Huawei, the chief of Britain's foreign intelligence service said on Friday. Huawei, the world's biggest producer of telecoms ...

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