Ofcom made the announcement which will see some of the country’s largest providers, including BT, Tesco Mobile and Vodafone, fall in line with others.

The government is expected to perform a U-turn and announce that Huawei products will be banned from the UK and all products currently existing will be removed from Britain's infrastructure in the next few years.

Industry analysts say the additional costs of removing Huawei from the UK’s 5G networks could be passed on to consumers by telecoms firms.