Portugal Effectively Bans Chinese Companies From 5G Network
- Nation bans non-EU, non-NATO and non-OECD 5G network suppliers
- Huawei had worked with Portuguese firms on 5G network
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Portugal has banned companies from ‘high-risk’ countries and jurisdictions from supplying equipment for its fifth-generation phone network, becoming the latest western nation to effectively block China’s Huawei Technologies Co. from its market.
The country will prohibit the use of equipment in its 5G wireless network from suppliers based outside the European Union or from states that don’t belong to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, according to a government statement posted online Thursday.