India excludes Huawei and ZTE from its 5G deployment plans
According to a Vietnam News
Agency reporter in New Delhi, India's Business Standard website reported on
August 13 that the country had removed two Chinese technology companies, Huawei
and ZTE from their 5G network deployment plans.
Officials familiar with the
request of anonymity said that India would apply a revised investment law
passed on July 23 that would restrict investors from countries that share land
borders with the country.
National security concerns
to eliminate the above companies. However, the Ministry of Communications
and the Office of the Government of India did not comment on this information.
Earlier this year, India
allowed Huawei to participate in 5G trials, but New Delhi has taken a
tough stance towards Chinese companies after tensions in the border area.
India's Ministry of
Communications said it will restart discussions on the approval of 5G network
trials with the participation of private companies including Bharti Airtel Ltd,
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd. This discussion was
inherently delayed due to a nationwide blockade due to acute respiratory
infections from COVID-19.
According to the sources
above, the 5G auction process is likely to last until 2021 and the ban on the
two companies mentioned above will be announced in a week or two after being
approved by the prime minister's office.
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