West Steps Up Pressure on Allies to Ban Huawei 5G Gear
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The West, led by the US and EU, is putting diplomatic and financial pressure on countries to ban Huawei and other Chinese telecom equipment. Examples include Costa Rica, Philippines, Jamaica, Kenya.
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Motivation is to counter China's economic expansion, address cybersecurity concerns, and boost European telecom champions Ericsson and Nokia.
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Tactics include investment funds, "training sessions", and coordinating bans through forums like the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.
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Huawei remains resilient with 31% global market share in radio access network equipment, but drops behind Ericsson excluding China.
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For the long term, the US aims to spur development of open and interoperable 5G architectures to foster competition beyond Huawei.