Pleasantly surprised to know Airtel chief’s support for Huawei: Jay Chen

NEW DELHI: Huawei India CEO Jay Chen on Thursday said the company is pleasantly surprised by the wholehearted support of Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal to Huawei’s 5G network entry in the country.

As the government is yet to take a call on Chinese telecom gearmaker Huawei’s participation in 5G field experiments, Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal on Thursday took a stand supporting Huawei’s presence in the 5G network buidling process in India even praising China’s 3G and 4G products over its European competitors while hinting towards support for allowing it on the 5G trials.