France won't ban Huawei, but encouraging 5G telcos to avoid it: Watchdog

French cybersecurity agency ANSSI's head Guillaume Poupard said that the country won't impose a complete ban on China's Huawei Technologies. "(But) for operators that are not currently using Huawei, we are inciting them not to go for it," he said. Poupard said the choice was made to protect French independence and not as an act of hostility towards China.