Singapore Decides on 5G Networks: Is Huawei Banned?

Source:Singapore Decides on 5G Networks: Is Huawei Banned?

Citation:
Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, “Singapore Decides on 5G Networks: Is Huawei Banned?”, The Diplomat, 2 July 2020

Singapore isn’t choosing sides in the geopolitical tug-of-war between China and the United States.

Is Huawei banned in Singapore? The question has profound implications, as its answer could be construed as Singapore choosing sides in the great power rivalry between China and the United States.

On June 24, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced that telecommunications companies (telcos) Singtel and the joint venture between M1 and StarHub had won the rights to develop two nationwide 5G networks. Sweden’s Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia are the telcos’ respective vendors that will provide the technologies to power the infrastructure. TPG Telecom, which counts on China’s Huawei as its vendor, may operate Singapore’s smaller 5G networks.

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