Germany won’t agree on 5G rules before summer break

BERLIN: Telecommunications companies will have to wait until at least September for Germany’s government to agree rules on installing components in the future 5G mobile communications network, a government official said on Thursday.

Some lawmakers argue that China’s Huawei poses a threat to national security and want to exclude it altogether, but Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government is divided over the guidelines for foreign vendors.

“There will be no cabinet decision on the IT security law next week,” a government official told Reuters, meaning the Bundestag lower house will not be able to discuss the law before the summer break.