EU telcos ask: Huawei going to afford to replace Chinese equipment?
Proposed cybersecurity legislation may force a cull of high-risk network technology, costing tens of billions
Replacing telecoms kit supplied by so-called high-risk vendors could cost European telcos up to €40 billion ($45.5 billion), with additional impacts on network performance and future investment plans.
This is the warning in a report from GSMA Intelligence, the research arm of the mobile comms industry's global trade body, the GSMA. It refers to plans by the European Commission to address potential threats to EU security posed by IT and telecoms kit from third-country sources.
The proposed Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) regulatory framework includes provisions requiring member states to rip out and replace critical equipment supplied by designated high-risk vendors (HRVs) in their telecoms infrastructure, as reported by The Register earlier this year.
When the Commission says "high-risk vendors," it means China-based suppliers such as Huawei and ZTE, as identified in a speech by former...
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