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UK gives Huawei the OK

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Chinese tech giant will be allowed a limited role in Britain's 5G telecoms network. Plus, how Estonia wants to lure British tech talent after "Brexit". And is it becoming easier to do e-commerce in Africa? Presented by Zoe Kleinman, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and special guest Raquel de Condado Marques, telecoms research analyst at IDC. Produced by Jat Gill.

(Image: A 5G handset showing fast download speeds at a Huawei store in China, Credit: Getty Images).

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slash TechTent. Welcome once again beneath the digital canvas that is TechTent, your weekly

0:53.1

update on the week's top tech

0:55.0

news. And what a week it's been. After much deliberation, the Chinese tech giant Huawei finally

1:00.5

got the green light to be involved in Britain's 5G network. Sort of. The coronavirus has been

1:05.9

declared a global health emergency. Oh, and the UK said goodbye to the European Union nearly four years

1:12.0

after it voted to leave. Dude tech tent, they said, it'll be a nice quiet week, they said.

1:17.0

I'm Zoe Kleinman, and fortunately I'm joined by a top team to guide us through. BBC tech reporter

1:22.3

Jane Wakefield, hi Jane. Hello. And I DC analyst Raquel de Condale-de-Marquez. Hi, Raquel.

1:28.4

Hey. We're going to be chewing over some of this. We are here for the week to have a campaign to convince British and

1:34.8

UK entrepreneurs to actually have their businesses in EU. Another main challenge that we face

1:40.8

in Africa are obviously logistical related challenges. So, you know, things like

1:45.9

postal addresses aren't as clear and as obvious in our markets.

1:53.6

First up, this week, the UK government finally made its decision about whether or not to allow

1:59.2

Huawei into its 5G networks. With the US breathing

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