Foreign Involvement in the Critical National Infrastructure The Implications for National Security

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Certain telecommunications networks are a critical element of the UK's infrastructure, "the loss or compromise of which would have a major, detrimental impact on the availability or integrity of essential services, leading to sever economic or social consequences …" In the UK the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) is now largely in the hands of private enterprises. There is potentially a conflict between the commercial imperative and national security. In 2003 BT, which is responsible for large parts of the UK's telecommunications structure, embarked on a major £10bn rationalisation and upgrade project (the 21st Century Network). A number of companies were selected to supply the various equipment required, one of which was Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications company. A contract for supply of transmission and access equipment, including routers, was signed in 2005, with this being…