DoT recommends banning Huawei and ZTE from 5G trials.

As per media reports, a committee of the DoT has recommended to the government, to ban Chinese Telecom Equipment makers, Huawei and ZTE, from participating in 5G trials. Following this, both the Chinese companies will be banned in the 5G auction process also. It is reported this decision is taken after the Government of India has imposed restrictions on public procurement, from countries sharing their borders with India.

[Source: ET Telecom – 29.07.2020]