Spanish government cancels €10m contract using Huawei equipment therecord.media/spain-can…

The Spanish government cancelled a contract that would have seen Huawei equipment deployed in the national academic and research network used to connect the country’s universities, research institutes and parts of the Ministry of Defense.

Last week, a contract worth €10 million ($11.7 million) had been awarded to the Spanish multinational Telefónica to use Huawei kit to upgrade the RedIRIS network, effectively more than 16,000km of infrastructure. On Friday, the government reversed course for “reasons of digital strategy and strategic autonomy,” as reported by El País.