US warns countries against making 5G decision on cost, fastness factor alone

The United States has cautioned countries against choosing suppliers of 5G networking equipment merely on the basis of price and speed asserting that their decision will have a long-lasting and deep impact on strategic and commercial relationships. “It’s very important that leaders around the world understand that they are about to make a momentous decision on the future of how their countries communicate,” a senior administration official told a group of foreign correspondents.

The senior administration official was responding to a question on the decision being taken by countries on 5G and a much aggressive push by the US that they should not opt for Chinese technology and equipment merely because it is cheap.