UK opens talks with Huawei 5G rival as Boris Johnson confronts China

The UK is in talks with a 5G equipment rival to Huawei Technologies, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration revises the British government’s stance towards China in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic.Officials spoke with Japanese technology company NEC Corp in May as part of efforts to diversify the range of telecommunications equipment providers for the UK’s 5G mobile networks, a person familiar with the matter said. The government is also looking at Samsung Electronics as…

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