An-Najah News - Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons a new decision that the UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December.

the decision also include removing  all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027.

It follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat something Huawei denies.

Mr Dowden said the move would delay the country's 5G rollout by a year.

Huawei said the move was: "bad news for anyone in the UK with a mobile phone" and threatened to "move Britain into the digital slow lane, push up bills and deepen the digital divide".

New restrictions are also being applied to use of the company's broadband kit.