Chinese telecom giant Huawei has
approached the Indian government recently. The main reason for this
meeting was to request the government to take an independent decision
regarding their participation in 5G network development in the country-
according to the Economic Times report.
Huawei is Facing Tough Situations After Getting Banned by Trump Administration
Huawei,
the second largest smartphone brand and renowned telecom brand hailing
from China have been banned by the US. Trump administration has added it
to the blacklist of the country preventing the US companies from doing
business with Huawei. The main reason for this is security issues.
Brands
like Qualcomm Snapdragon, Google has already stopped working with
Huawei. From now onwards all Huawei and Honor mobiles won’t have Android
OS too. The US government has taken some strict decisions and this
impacted the Huawei market a lot. Although the company has backups for
OS and chipset, the bad name due to this ban is worrisome.
In
order to strengthen their relationship with other countries, the
company is approaching every country’s government and is requesting them
to take an independent decision.
Likewise,
they have contacted the Indian government about their position in the
market. This approach has left the department in splits and Telecom
minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that they will look into the
matter very seriously. He assured that they won’t let the company
participate in 5G trails until and unless they are sure that there are
no security issues.
Jay Chen, Huawei
India’s Chief Executive Officer is hoping that the Indian government
won’t get influenced by the US pressure. The company has been working
closely with Indian telecom department for 6-8 months now.