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CAIT seeks barring Huawei, ZTE from India's 5G plans
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Aug, 2020
The Confederation of All India
Traders (CAIT) on Tuesday wrote to Union Minister for Communications
Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking a ban on Chinese technology companies Huawei
and ZTE from the 5G network rollout in India.
The traders' body
has been at the forefront of the protests against any form of
participation of Chinese companies in the Indian market, ranging from
retail to technology, and has been running a campaign for the same, post
the border skirmish in Ladakh in which around 20 Indian soldiers were
killed.
A government panel is already looking at whether the two
Chinese companies should be allowed in the much anticipated 5G trials in
the country and according to people in the know the committee has
suggested not allowing the Chinese firms in the trials.
"Huawei
and ZTE Corporation of China should be banned from participating in 5G
network rollout in India. It is also urged that technology and equipment
of both Huawei and ZTE Corporation should be banned for use in 5G
network rollout by any company," CAIT's letter said.
It also
noted that such a move will play a crucial and important role to
leverage the "vocal for local" and the "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" calls of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It also cited the recent example of the UK barring Huawei equipment.
Acknowledging
the Centre's decisions to cancel contracts with Chinese companies in
various sectors including railways and highways among others, the letter
signed by Praveen Khandewal, National General Secretary, CAIT,
requested similar action for the upcoming 5G trials and network rollout.
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