Will India allow Huawei to sell its 5G Network

[Lalitsharma]

Huawei’s founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei have come up with an offer to sell or license the company’s 5G technology to a western company. This is a savvy response to the ongoing American campaign to get countries to exclude the Chinese major from their upcoming 5G networks and the US government’s ban on American tech companies doing business with the company, leading to Huawei staring at the prospect of having to ship phones with neither Android nor, worse, Google’s suite of popular apps, apart from fewer deployments of its 5G networks. If an American or a European company take up that offer, Huawei would still make more money from its investments in developing 5G gear than it would if it pushes ahead with the American boycott in force.


The US has banned Huawei, the world's leader in telecom equipment and the number two smartphone producer, over concerns of security and Washington has been pressuring other countries to restrict the operations of the Chinese telecom firm.


India, however, is yet to take a call on whether it intends to place curbs on Huawei or allow the Chinese telecom equipment maker to participate in the upcoming 5G trials, that are scheduled to commence in 100 days.

[Vikesh]

YES, I think India is ready to use 5G after the JIO get a great success in the telecom market.

[Nitin Kumar]

Yes, India should allow Huawei to sell its 5G Network.5G is able to operate in the millimeter-wave (a super high-frequency spectrum that ranges from 24 to 100 GHz), where the amount of spectrum available for 5G means that data can be transferred much more rapidly than is currently possible.

[Lalitsharma]

Earlier this month, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said India has its security issues over allowing Huawei to participate in the upcoming 5G trials. ... We are confident that the Indian Government will make an informed decision on 5G, one that provides a level-playing field to all vendors.

[Nitin Kumar]

By now, you may have seen articles on Facebook or alternative health websites. The gist: 5G is a dangerous escalation of traditional cellular technology, one packed with higher energy radiation that delivers potential damaging effects on human beings. Some 5G pundits contend that the new network generates radiofrequency radiation that can damage DNA and lead to cancer; cause oxidative damage that can cause premature aging; disrupt cell metabolism; and potentially lead to other diseases through the generation of stress proteins.

[Lalitsharma]

The 3.5 GHz band has recently been identified in India for IMT services. 100 MHz spectrum from 3300-3400 MHz is available on a pan India basis and out of 200 MHz in 3400-3600 MHz band. India is also not far behind. The 5G High-Level Forum envisages 5G to be deployed in India by 2020 along with the rest of the world.