Portugal telcos won’t use Huawei for core 5G networks though no gov’t ban

LISBON: The three companies who dominate Portugal’s mobile phone market said they would not use Huawei [HWT.UL] technology in their core 5G networks despite the government not banning the Chinese group from supplying critical infrastructure.

NOS , Vodafone and Altice – which together serve nearly 100% of Portugal’s mobile customers – all said they had decided not to use Huawei kit in the core systems of their 5G networks, which covers servers, gateways and routers that forward traffic to the antennas.