Huawei, sunk
There are still aspects of Huawei’s expulsion from 5G networks that the Government should clarify. Here are a few points that would benefit from a little more transparency.
My surprise at the Portuguese decision to expel suppliers such as Huawei from 5G networks can be illustrated as follows: when I learned of the Jornal Económico story a week ago (“Government removes Chinese tech companies from national 5G networks”), I confess I played it down. It has been known since 2020 that Huawei is out of the 5G core in Portugal, as ECO reported at the time. I never imagined the country would dare to go further.
As is well known, I was completely wrong. The resolution of a body of the Higher Council for Cyberspace Security, signed on 23 May 2023, prevents telecoms companies in Portugal from using equipment and services from companies headquartered in countries outside the European Union (EU), NATO or the OECD. It also excludes those that, even if they belong to those blocs, have production and supply chains that “show relationships of dependence” with countries such as China.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 2 June 2023.