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Nokia has clinched a deal with Britain's biggest mobile operator BT to supply 5G radio equipment, the Finnish company said on Tuesday, in one of the first major wins under new CEO Pekka Lundmark.The deal will make Nokia BT's largest equipment provider and comes just months after Britain said it would ban China's Huawei from next-generation 5G telecom networks.The size of the contract was not disclosed.Nokia has won 63 percent of the BT contract, or about 11,600 radio sites, a source familiar with the matter said.Nokia…

Britain's telecoms companies could be fined up to 10 percent of turnover or GBP 1,00,000 (roughly Rs. 99 lakhs) a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by China's Huawei under a new law put forward on Tuesday.The Telecommunications (Security) Bill will boost the security standards of the UK's telecoms networks and remove the threat of high-risk vendors, the government said.Britain in July decided to ban the use of Huawei in 5G networks from the end of 2027 because of concerns that US sanctions on chip…

British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm's equipment from high speed mobile networks.Britain has already ordered all Huawei equipment to be removed from its 5G network by the end of 2027, falling in line with intelligence allies including the United States who say the firm poses security risks.China has criticised that decision, while Huawei said last week it was disappointed Britain was looking to…