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Hopeful India will make independent decision on 5G: Huawei
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SME Times News Bureau | 10 Oct, 2019
Chinese telecom equipment firm Huawei Technologies, which has got
approval to take part in the demonstration of 5G during the three-day
India Mobile Congress starting here on Thursday, said it is hopeful that
the Indian government will make independent and fair decision on 5G for
the country's long-term benefit, based on verifiable facts and
technical data rather than ideology or the vendor's country.
"We
are thankful to the Indian government for its continued trust and
support towards Huawei. We believe it is the expectation of the industry
that all vendors and participants should come to this premier show with
their latest solutions showcase. This is also the format on which IMC
has been designed. We will continue to collectively showcase our leading
solutions along with all other participants to make IMC a success,"
Huawei India CEO Jay Chen told IANS.
The government's nod for
Huawei to participate in demo with the operators like Airtel and
VodafoneIdea ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's meeting at Chennai on October 11.
Asked if
Huawei is looking forward to Xi taking up the Huawei approval issue for
the 5G trials with the Indian government, Chen said: "Huawei is not
privy to any government-to-government level talks, so we cannot really
comment on the upcoming visit. Huawei believes that the Indian
government will make independent and fair decision on 5G for the
long-term benefit of India, based on verifiable facts and technical data
rather than ideology or a vendor's country of origin."
The nod
for IMC showcase participation came even as the government is yet to
take a decision on allowing the firm to participate in the upcoming 5G
field trials.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has
assigned telecom service providers with spectrum in the 3400-3600 Mhz
band range to demonstrate India-specific 5G technology-use cases along
with their vendor partners, which include Huawei as well. It is
understood that Huawei will be partnering with VodafoneIdea and Airtel
at the event.
Recently Huawei got big support from the country's
top operator Airtel, when Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal, at the
global forum of World Economic Forum's India summit, said: "My view is
they should be in play, Huawei over the last 10 or 12 years has become
extremely good with their product, to a point where I can safely say
today their product ... is significantly superior to Ericsson and
Nokia." He added that Airtel has been using equipment from all three
companies in its 3G and 4G networks.
Mittal's endorsement came
right after US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross stressed the US
administration's view that Huawei poses a security risk - claims the
company has repeatedly denied - and urged India to take the threat
seriously.
India is still planning its 5G networks, which it aims to roll out by next year, and has not yet ruled out Huawei's involvement.
Communications
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told lawmakers in June that Huawei was
among six companies that had submitted proposals to participate in the
5G trials, and a special committee has been appointed to examine
potential security concerns.
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