EU Eyes Huawei Ban in Mobile Networks of Member Countries
A 5G telecommunication network mast in Duesseldorf, Germany, in 2020.
Photographer: Wolfram Schroll/BloombergThe European Commission is exploring ways to force European Union member states to phase out Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from their telecommunications networks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen wants to convert the European Commission’s 2020 recommendation to stop using high-risk vendors in mobile networks into a legal requirement, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the negotiations are private.