Washington insisted on this back in 2020
The European Union is considering a mandatory ban on member states from using equipment from companies that could pose a security risk to their 5G networks, including Huawei, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
A European Commission spokesman did not comment on the Financial Times report, but said he was working with member states to monitor implementation of the set of security measures.
A report on the development of the toolkit is under preparation and will be published in the coming weeks. The first such list of instruments was published in July 2020.
European Union may completely ban the use of Huawei 5G equipment
In 2020, the EU said that member states could either restrict or exclude high-risk 5G providers such as Huawei from core parts of their telecommunications network. Washington even then insisted on a complete ban on Chinese telecommunications companies.
At a meeting last Friday, EU Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton told communications ministers that only a third of EU countries have imposed bans on Huawei in critical areas.
The EU could impose a mandatory ban on companies deemed to pose a security risk if member states such as Germany continue to delay a decision.
Germany is considering banning parts of Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from its telecommunications network, a government source told Reuters in March. This can be an important step in addressing security concerns.
