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Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 13 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 May 2024. It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Ministry of Defence: ICT

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of routers in his Department were manufactured by (a) Huawei and (b) ZTE.

Answer

The Department’s Core network doesn’t use any Huawei or ZTE Routers.

The Department's main corporate IT system (MODNET) does not use any laptops or desktops manufactured by Lenovo or Xiaomi.

The Department does not supply any mobile phones supplied by Huwaei, (ii) ZTE, (iii) Oppo, (iv) Honor or (v) Xiaomi. None of the device manufacturers listed are used on the MODs enterprise systems.

The Department's main corporate IT system (MODNET) does not permit the download or use of WPS Office on its devices.

None of the sim cards used on the Ministry of Defence’s enterprise systems are provided by CMLink.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25758
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
ICT Ministry of Defence Huawei ZTE Corporation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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