High Costs Won’t Deter Germany From Removing Huawei Parts

Germany Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said she won’t be deterred by the high cost of removing Chinese components from the country’s 5G telecommunications network if it’s in the best interests of national security.

Speaking to the Handelsblatt newspaper, Faeser said if there is a high risk of having components from Chinese providers Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. in the German network, that the argument that it will be expensive to replace the parts isn’t an excuse not to do so. “We will prohibit components if they pose a serious security risk,” Faeser said. “The network operators will have to act and dismantle the components.”