LONDON: Britain on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) backtracked on plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a role in the UK’s new high-speed mobile phone network amid security concerns fueled by rising tensions between Beijing and Western powers.

Britain said it decided to prohibit Huawei from working on the so-called 5G system after US sanctions made it impossible to ensure the security of equipment made by the Chinese company.

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