Removing Huawei will take years, says BT boss

The chief executive of BT has warned it would take seven years to completely remove Chinese tech giant Huawei from all the UK’S telecoms infrastructure.

Philip Jansen made the warning after US officials and President Donald Trump said any future USUK post-brexit trade deal may need to include the UK following America’s lead in blacklisting the company.

Mr Jansen said: “It would take seven years to completely remove Huawei from UK networks.”

He explained that BT is taking precautionary measures to not use the Chinese business on sensitive parts of the network.

President Trump has accused Huawei of being used by the Chinese state for spying operations. UK authorities have found no evidence of ways for Huawei to access information through their technology.