Huawei gear barred from $2.9-billion UK emergency network project: Report

The move comes as China's largest technology company grapples with growing concerns about the security of its equipment and allegations it may be employed by Beijing for espionage

A UK company will strip all Huawei Technologies Co. equipment from a 2.3 billion pound ($2.9 billion) project to equip police and ambulance workers with state-of-the-art communications gear, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

The operator of the project, intended to provide a new emergency services network to hundreds of thousands of first responders, made the decision following the policy of its owner, BT Group Plc, to remove Huawei components from networks. That’s set to extend work on the system, according to the report.

The move comes as China’s largest technology company grapples with growing concerns about the security of its equipment and allegations