Former 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

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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.

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