Huawei and ZTE miss out on Indian 5G trials

The Ministry of Communications gave the green light for telcos to work with various vendors for the upcoming 5G trials, including Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung, but Huawei and ZTE were not mentioned

The Indian government has announced that it will allow Reliance Industries' Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and state-run MTNL to conduct 5G trials over the next six months. Equipment makers cited as taking place in these trials include Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung, but Huawei and ZTE are notably absent. The trials will take place in urban, semi-urban, and rural settings, with the government keen to ensure that “the benefit of 5G technology proliferates across the country and is not confined only to urban areas…

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