InterviewFormer UK spy says hard to lock Huawei out of 5G network
Britain is set to make a decision as early as Tuesday on China tech giant
The U.K. is considering whether or not to exclude Huawei equipment from the country's 5G network. © Reuters
YUSUKE NAKAJIMA and RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writers
LONDON -- Ahead of a U.K. government decision on whether to further restrict the use of Huawei Technologies equipment in the country's 5G infrastructure, a former deputy in Britain's secret service said it would be difficult to lock the Chinese tech giant out of the system.