Cybersecurity
France's 5G Bill Makes It Tough, But Not Impossible, for Huawei
- Bill returns to parliament for debate starting on Wednesday
- “We are not naive,” lawmaker on defense committee says
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If France is trying to keep Huawei Technologies Co. out of its next-generation telecommunications networks, it’s doing it a lot more subtly than the U.S.
The country’s parliament starts to debate Wednesday a bill aimed at tightening security around its 5G networks after an earlier version was rejected in February by senators for the government’s failure to fully consult them. The bill doesn’t name Huawei, but instead provides a framework for protecting networks by subjecting equipment to tests that may be tantamount to suppliers handing over industrial secrets to be eligible to bid for contracts.