Rebuking Huawei’s claim that it is a harmless provider of consumer telecommunications services, British cybersecurity specialists on Thursday ruled that the firm’s inclusion in 5G network facilitation would be dangerous.

This supports active U.S. efforts to exclude Huawei from global 5G networks. China is aggressively resisting the U.S. on this, because Huawei is its primary intended proxy for cyberespionage in the 21st century.

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