Britain’s largest mobile phone network has pulled Huawei’s phones from its 5G launch after Google said it would comply with a US ban and stop supplying its Android operating system to the Chinese group.
EE, part of BT, unveiled its plan to launch 5G services next week with 5G phones from Samsung and OnePlus. It had planned to offer Huawei phones but decided to “pause” their launch due to the uncertainty around the use of the Android operating system in the future after Google pulled its licence over the weekend.
Marc Allera, chief executive of EE, said the company had “paused” the launch of Huawei’s 5G phones as it did not have the “surety of service” it needed to offer long term contracts. “We’ve had to hold that back,” he said.