DoT committee recommends banning Chinese vendors like Huawei, ZTE from 5G trials: Report

NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recommended banning of Chinese telecom equipment maker from participating in 5G trials and the eventual auction process, CNBC-TV18 citing DoT sources, reported.

The decision comes close on the heels of the Indian government imposing restrictions on public procurement from countries sharing their border with India.

The report added that senior DoT official have recommended banning of Chinese equipment makers like Huawei and ZTE from participating in India’s 5G plans wholly.

The committee opined that it does not want to grant remote access to Chinese equipment makers and does not want the data to go out from the country either, a senior DoT official told the TV news channel.