Russian telecoms company Inks A Deal With China's Huawei To Develop 5G Network In Russia

 
“Protectionism and unilateral approaches are on the rise, and a policy of force and hegemonism is increasingly taking hold,” Xi said. Photograph: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images  

MOSCOW: China’s Huawei, considered a security threat in the US, on Wednesday signed a deal with Russian telecoms company MTS to develop a 5G network in the country over the next year.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The deal will see “the development of 5G technologies and the pilot launch of fifth generation networks in 2019-2020“, MTS said in a statement.

Quoted in the statement, Huawei’s Guo Ping, said he was “very happy” with the agreement “in an area of strategic importance like 5G.”
The Chinese telecom giant has been in turmoil since May, when the Trump administration banned US companies from selling high-tech equipment to Huawei over suspicions it is spying for Beijing.

Experts say the US decision, to come into force within three months, threatens the survival of the company, which is highly dependent on US chips for its phones.

Several companies have already distanced themselves from Huawei, including Google, Vodafone(phones), SoftBank, whose Android system equips the vast majority of smartphones in the world.

Huawei’s reported potential involvement in Britain’s 5G network has proved politically sensitive and Theresa May’s government insists no decision has been made on the issue. -- AFP

Vodafone and EE Pulls Breaks on Huawei Phone Deployment and ARM Stops All Business With the Chinese Company

Huawei's troubles seem to be multiplying. two telecommunications companies have now suspended launch of Huawei's 5G phones. Vodafone and EE, say they will be delaying their launches of 5G handsets made by Huawei.
In addition to the phone companies, another British chip company, ARM Holdings, is suspending its business with the Chinese firm. This is a great blow as Japan's Softbank Group owned ARM provides intellectual property used in 90 percent of the world's mobile processors.
The phone companies cite uncertainty revolving around the Huawei and it's devices. Vodafone will be holding off on the Mate 20X model. EE was planing to use a Huawei for rollout of next-generation 5G services.
Softbank and KDDI stopped using Huawei phones in Japan as well.

Softbank and KDDI Japanese Telecom Giants Stops Sales Of Huawei Phones

With all the resistance towards Huawei growing all over the world, now it is reaching small scale business too. Two low cost Japanese mobile phone service operators said Wednesday they will postpone sales of new smartphone P30 handsets produced by Huawei Technologies Co. after Washington effectively banned U.S. firms from exporting components to the Chinese tech giant.

The two companies are KDDI Corp., operator of the "au" mobile phone service, and SoftBank Corp.'s low-cost brand "Y!mobile" said separately that they will postpone sales of Huawei's new smartphone models.
==Kyodo