Huawei: banning company will delay India’s 5G rollout by 2-3 years

Huawei has issued a statement that banning it from India’s 5G trials will delay the technology’s roll-out in the country. The statement comes at a time when India has been facing increasingly more pressure from US governments to exclude the Chinese telecom giant from the trials on the suspicion of it being used for espionage by its government.

“European operators have mentioned (in interviews to media) that without Huawei’s 5G technology, the 5G rollout will be postponed by two-three years. We hold the same expectation for the India market as we will use our fast 5G technology to meet the needs of the Indian operators and consumers because now we shall focus on how we can use our best technology to serve their needs,” said Ritchie Peng, Chief Marketing Officer, Wireless Network Product Line, Huawei, said at a press conference on Tuesday.