UK will pay price if it carries out decision to exclude Huawei

Following a January decision to grant Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei a limited role in the United Kingdom's 5G networks, Downing Street is reportedly planning for the company's full phaseout from those networks by 2023.

If true, this would be a very costly policy reversal that would cause an all-lose scenario for all stakeholders, and one whose ramifications would undoubtedly ripple far beyond technological concerns.

Huawei may have dreamed of being what it is today－a leading global 5G solutions provider－and a flag-flyer for Chinese high technology. Company founder Ren Zhengfei is famous for that ambition anyway. However, in realizing that ambition, the company has become politicized beyond anyone's imagination.