BT granted Huawei reprieve BT’s deadline to expunge Huawei from its 5G network have been put back 11 months to avoid disruption to services under its EE brand. The operator’s infrastructure arm Openreach, along with networks of other broadband providers, had originally been required to remove Huawei hardware from their 5G core by January 2023, at threat of fines if the deadline was not met. They now have until December 2023, as notified in legal notices sent out by the government. BT had become particularly dependent on Huawei’s mobile technology for both 5G and fiber deployments. Samsung sets up 6G research group in UK Samsung has unveiled plans for a research group in the UK, focused on developing technologies under…