The government has announced that telecoms firms must stop installing Huawei equipment in the UK's 5G mobile network from September.
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The government has issued the instruction shortly before the introduction of a new law that will ban the much-discussed Chinese firm from the network.
Oliver Dowden, the digital secretary, said that thanks to the new measures, the government will now have the power to "identify and ban telecoms equipment which poses a threat to our national security".
He added: "We are also publishing a new strategy to make sure we are never again dependent on a handful of telecoms vendors for the smooth and secure running of our networks."
Huawei has been accused of posing a security threat to various countries around the world in recent years, including the US and its allies.
Earlier this year, the UK government announced plans to remove the firm's kit from the entire 5G network by 2027, amid pressure from the White House.
But Victor Zhang, Huawei's vice president, has repeatedly denied the accusation that the company poses a threat to any countries.
In fact, he previously claimed that the UK's decision relating to its 5G network was "politically motivated and not based on a fair evaluation of the risks".
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