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Recommendation 12
12
Accepted
The National Audit Office report stated that the requirement to remove equipment supplied by high...
Conclusion
The National Audit Office report stated that the requirement to remove equipment supplied by high risk vendors from telecoms networks puts the schedule at risk.29 The Department conceded that this might cause a delay to the future programme and that it was consulting with industry on precise implications, but was not able to provide any indication of the possible length of that delay or impact on the roll-out.30 20 Qq 52–53, 93–96 21 Spending Review 2020, paras 3.5 & 6.86; table 6.22 22 Q 59 23 C&AG’s report para 2.8 24 Q 29 25 Qq 30–34 26 Qq 69–70; IBB0005 - Openreach, para 7 27 Qq 68, 71 28 Qq 59, 71–74 29 C&AG’s Report, para 2.11 30 Qq 98–107 Improving Broadband 11 Retaining skills and knowledge in local authorities
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The government is conducting a technical consultation with network operators on the use of Huawei equipment, which is nearing completion, and the Secretary of State will announce the outcome in due course to address the impact on the programme schedule.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
2.4 The government is carrying out a technical consultation with network operators on the use of Huawei equipment in full fibre networks. This is nearing completion and the Secretary of State will announce the outcome in due course.
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