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Europe’s biggest economy will rid its 5G networks of components made by Chinese companies—’we are protecting the central ...
BERLIN — Germany will bar the use of critical components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in core parts of the country’s 5G networks in two steps starting in 2026, the nation’s top security official said Thursday. Germany, which has Europe’s …