Huawei‘s ambition to become the world’s leading provider of 5G infrastructure has received yet another boost. This time around from Oman where the country hass given Huawei the nod for he use of Huawei’s gear in their 5G rollout.
The Chinese telecoms giant is already a major provider of 4G network equipment in Oman but presently, two of the Middle East country’s three operators (Omantel and Ooredoo) now have decided to use Huawei gear in their 5G rollouts.
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This is a major boost to Huawei which has faced extreme pressure from the US, urging its allies not to utilise Huawei’s 5G equipment, citing security concerns. Already, some countries like New Zealand and Australia have announced that they won’t use Huawei’s 5G equipment. In stark contrast, countries like the UK, France, Canada, Germany have indicated interest to allow Huawei provide 5G hardware in a limited capacity.
Oman has now joined the list of countries that don’t see any major threat posed by deploying Huawei gear for 5G. Sulayem Alhakmani, the Omani Shura Council’s Head of the Economy Committee, said: “We don’t see any problem at all. We are an independent country and we will decide for ourselves what will serve us best.”
Omantel’s vice president of Enterprise Baha Al Lawati noted that: “there has not been any concrete evidence against Huawei. A lot of European operators have already chosen Huawei for their 5G rollout programmes. A lot of these operators around the world have Huawei active in their 4G networks.”
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