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Recommendation 21
21
It is evident that the UK’s lack of industrial capacity in telecommunications is not unique,...
Recommendation
It is evident that the UK’s lack of industrial capacity in telecommunications is not unique, with China dominating the industry. In order to combat this dominance, we support the principle of proposals for forming a D10 alliance of democracies to provide alternatives to Chinese technology: however, it is not yet clear what the purpose of this alliance is. Following consultation with allies, the Government should set out exactly what the role of this alliance would be and seek to make progress as quickly as possible on formulating joint 5G policy. The Government should explore opportunities for joint network security standard setting across Five Eyes and perhaps more widely, through a D10 or NATO. Following consultation with allies, the Government should set out exactly what the role of this alliance would be and seek to make progress as quickly as possible on formulating joint 5G policy. The Government should explore opportunities for joint network security standard setting across Five Eyes and perhaps more widely, through a D10 or NATO. It should also develop a programme to create necessary industrial capacity. (Paragraph 120) 78 The Security of 5G
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees that it is vital that we work with our allies on matters relating to network security. That is why we will continue to work closely together to tackle common security challenges, sharing our approaches and experiences with security partners to allow effective risk-mitigation and raise cyber security standards together. achieving the UK’s ambitions on diversification to support industrial capacity. The UK represents a relatively small share of the overall telecoms supply market, and so to drive change on issues such as standards, which exist within well-established international organisations, we will need to work with like-minded partners to forge a consensus on these issues. an international problem and needs international cooperation to address, so we want to work with like-minded countries to achieve these goals. The UK is committed to acting internationally as a burden-sharing, problem-solving nation and, to do that, we work with others bilaterally and in a range of formal and informal multilateral fora. Different groupings are best suited to different issues and each therefore has its particular value. Those groups have always evolved and will continue to do so.