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Huawei will assist Russian telecom company MTS in “the pilot launch of fifth-generation networks in 2019 and 2020“. MTS said in a statement. according to RT.
The parties signed an agreement at the Kremlin on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart. Xi Jinping. also attended the ceremony. as the latter is in Russia on an official three-day visit.
Huawei’s deputy chairman. Guo Ping. stated that the company was very happy to seal a deal in such a strategically important area like 5G.
The road map for the upcoming year indicates that Huawei will implement 5G and IoT technology on the basis of the existing MTS infrastructure and enhance the company’s LTE network.
Huawei is stepping into the emerging Russian 5G market after the company was barred from building fifth-generation networks by the US. UK. Canada. and New Zealand.
In May. another large Russian mobile provider. Beeline. revealed it will use Huawei equipment to modernize Moscow’s telecom networks.
Huawei. the world’s biggest telecom equipment supplier and second largest smartphone manufacturer. is facing backlash from the US and other Western states since the trade war unfolded between Washington and Beijing back in 2018. The administration of President Donald Trump accuses the tech giant of building backdoors for spying into its products and working in concert with the Chinese government. a claim which the company strongly denies.
In May. the US put Huawei on an entity list. severely restricting American companies from trading with the Chinese tech firm. In response. Beijing threatened to issue its own blacklist of companies which damage the interests of Chinese business.
