India can become 2nd largest 5G market in next 10 years, says Huawei president

Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei said that India has the potential to become the largest 5G market after China for the whole industry in the coming 10 years.
“We know India is important emerging market. From the long term perspective, I personally believe that the Indian 5G market will be a huge market and will be second only to China,”James Wu, president, Southern -East Asia region at Huawei Technologies said.
The long-term perspective can be 10 years. The executive said that Hong Kong will be the first market to deploy 5G technology in the South-East Asia region. “Thailand, India and Vietnam will, follow Hong Kong and launch 5G,” he added. Huawei said that it is working with Indian telecom operators in validating the technology that is core to 5G in the future. It is also working with local telcos for 5G field trials that may happen in the second half of the year.