Strikes me as a good decision. The deal is that core networks are supplied by European NEP's mostly Nokia and Ericsson and radio elements are supplied by Huawe

Strikes me as a good decision. The deal is that core networks are supplied by European NEP's mostly Nokia and Ericsson and radio elements are supplied by Huawei. There is very little information can be gleamed from from RAN, its all encrypted between the end point and the core network. Anyone wanting to harvest data will want to backdoor core network elements. Another factor is that Huawei code has been provided and audited for a number of years now. Sure that is not full proof, but its way more than we have had available from any US vendors. I will be honest, as it stands I would trust a huawei box, way more than a cisco box. On another note I expect this is a political play. The UK gets to not piss off the Americans too much (well putting aside Trump and his crazies) and the Chinese see us as favorable still. It's also quite interesting how this is coming off the back of Trump stating his displeasure at the UK governments plans to tax the tech giants more, with most of them being companies who are spying on global citizens at a volume never seen before.