( March 17, 2025, 21:56 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: EU mobile telecom work operators should be forced by EU governments to restrict "high-risk" vendors of telecom equipment, such as Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE, from "critical infrastructure," according to an open letter from European Parliament members Alexandra Geese and Bart Groothuis to Henna Virkkunen, the European Commissioner for digital policy. The EU legislators called on Virkkunen to make the EU toolbox for 5G security "a legally binding instrument." The toolbox, agreed in 2020, established non-binding measures to enhance mobile network security, assess supplier risks, and reduce reliance on a single vendor. Letter is attached....
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