Need fair-play and level-playing field: Huawei India CEO

NEW DELHI: Weeks after the government took steps to designate a ‘trusted source’ criteria for procuring infrastructure for mobile services, Chinese telecom major Huawei has approached top echelons of the government to get a “fair chance and level-playing field” in the Indian telecom sector, including participation in the 5G business.

The company is looking to file application for the infrastructure modernisation programmes initiated by state-owned BSNL and MTNL, and said it is awaiting criteria for being categorised as a ‘trusted source’ in the telecom space.

Huawei has been doing business in India for over two decades and is a major supplier to top operators such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The company said that its operations here are “complaint with all the rules and regulations” that have been mandated by the government.