EU countries to announce 5G guidelines on Wednesday, impact likely on Huawei

BRUSSELS: The European Commission will on Wednesday announce guidelines allowing EU countries to restrict or exclude high-risk 5G vendors from core parts of their networks, a move likely to hurt China’s Huawei Technologies but which may not appease the United States.

The non-binding recommendations, agreed by the bloc’s 28 countries, seek to tackle cybersecurity risks at national and EU level, with concerns mainly focused on Huawei, although the guidelines do not identify any particular country or company.

The United States wants the bloc to ban Huawei on fears that its gear could be used by China for spying, allegations rejected by the company.