A consultation has been launched with telecoms firms on proposed legal instruments to control the use of Huawei in UK networks. UK telecoms providers have already begun to remove Huawei from the UK’s 5G networks following the government’s announcement in July 2020. As the next step in this process, the government is now required by the new Telecommunications (Security) Act to consult with industry on the proposed measures which would bring these controls on Huawei onto a legal footing. In November the Act became law – giving the government the legal mechanism to restrict the use of high risk v…