"Q The Government’s diversification strategy goes alongside the Bill. Obviously, the principle driver of the diversification is security reasons, but it will also open up the networks to smaller operators—I imagine, Matthew, many of your members are much smaller companies. Do you think that it will have a positive …..." Miriam Cates - View Speech
"Q This is a question for Chris from NEC. I think that you have partially answered it already, so do not feel that you have to repeat what has already been said. It appears to me that, if the open RAN trial is successful and the open RAN technology …..." Miriam Cates - View Speech
"Q May I, too, pass on my thanks to the witnesses for appearing before us today? You have all referred to the significant financial costs to your organisations of removing the equipment from the high-risk vendors, but obviously, given the potential security implications, some are calling for the 2027 …..." Miriam Cates - View Speech
"Q You have said in your written evidence that you fully support the objectives of the Bill, to improve security in the networks, but 20 years ago we could not possibly have anticipated the kind of threats that we face today, so it is safe to assume that we …..." Miriam Cates - View Speech