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Deutsche Telekom Ahead of Europe on Banning Chinese Providers

Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is ahead of the curve as the EU urges member states to do more to ban high-risk suppliers like Huawei and ZTE from their telecom networks (see 2306160060), the company said. “In view of the security discussion,…

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Deutsche Telekom was the only mobile network operator in Germany to decide as early as 2019 to remove Huawei from its core network” and “it does not use the second controversial manufacturer, ZTE,” said a Tuesday blog. DT is pushing open radio access network technology, the company said: “This makes it possible to use components from different manufacturers. It will increase the diversity of manufacturers and also strengthen European sovereignty with regard to digital mobile communications networks.”