The more Huawei gear is installed in the world’s networks, the harder it becomes for NSA to ‘collect it all’. These battles will take months or even years to resolve, and in the interim, the real war for the world's 5G networks will be won or lost. At MWC, Huawei announced 5G agreements with ten operators, including Switzerland's Sunrise, Iceland's Nova, Saudi Arabia's STC and Turkey's Turkcell - whose CEO said of Washington's campaign against Huawei: "This is an insult to our industry. And the U.K. does not currently look on track for a prohibition of Huawei technology in its 5G networks. Huawei isn't involved in the auction but would be a material supplier to the networks once deployments get underway.

Source: Forbes March 20, 2019 07:46 UTC