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Italyĭespite being shut out of a recent tender to supply new generation 5G technology, Huawei is still working with Telecom Italia. 5G is Banned in Indiaįollowing recent border clashes with its Chinese neighbor, India may advise local telecommunications operators to shun equipment made by Huawei ZTE Corp. The European Union won’t explicitly ban Huawei or other 5G equipment vendors, but will leave final veto on such decisions to its individual member states. Czech RepublicĪ warning issued by the cybersecurity agency of the Czech Republic about the risk the company poses to the nation’s critical infrastructure has prompted threats of legal action from Huawei. While preparing to auction bandwidth for 5G mobile data, the Brazilian telecommunications regulator is leaving any final decision on the security risks of using Chinese technology to the president’s national security advisor. The 5G rollouts making the list include both mobile and fixed wireless networks. Asia ranks second with 156 cities, while the Americas in third has it in 53 cities. These figures were calculated as of January 2020, drawing on data from publicly available sources, including company websites, press announcements, industry trade media, and local newspapers.īroadly, the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) is top of the list with 168 cities with 5G networks. The California-based network testing company Viavi Solutions published a report in February 2020 titled The State of 5G Deployments, which stated that 5G was at least partially available in 378 cities, in a total of 34 countries. But where is it available, exactly? That’s what we’ll be examining in this article, together with some of the opposition and outright banning of 5G technology in various nations. Despite the controversy and confusion surrounding its underlying technology and implementation, 5G wireless is already up and running in several countries across the globe.
