The UK Government has teamed up with WhatsApp to provide a 'coronavirus chatbot' to offer official guidance to the British public for free.
US President Trump signed into law on Thursday a bill that provides $1 billion to help small telecom providers replace equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE.
The UK government has defeated an amendment proposed by a group of rebel Conservative MPs trying to stop UK telecommunications operators from using "high risk vendors" in the near future.
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has granted Huawei a fourth temporary extension, allowing the company to to trade with US-based companies until 15 May.
A US federal judge has rejected Huawei's constitutional challenge to a US law that restricted its ability to do business with federal agencies and their contractors, ruling that Huawei does not have grounds to sue the U.S. government.
The UK government has invested £1.2bn to develop and run "the world's most powerful weather and climate supercomputer".
The UK government has decided to allow technology from Huawei to be used in the country’s 5G network.
The UK Government is due to make their decision on 5G this week and the US has intensified the pressure as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that the UK's sovereignty is at risk if Huawei is allowed to develop 5G infrastructure in the country.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not risk Britain’s security when upgrading the country's 5G communications network – but said critics of Chinese technology firm Huawei must come up with an “alternative” provider.
U.S. government officials presented the British government with a new dossier of intelligence on Monday about the risks of including Huawei equipment in future 5G mobile networks, branding it "madness".
The United States is making a final pitch to the UK Government, ahead of a decision on whether to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment.
The Indian government has allowed Huawei to participate in trials for 5G networks, a company spokesman said on Monday.
