Romania 5G may exclude Huawei

BUCHAREST cou ld exclude Chinese g ia nt Huawei f rom its future 5G network, accordi ng t o a j oi nt s t a t e ment sig ned by t he Romanian a nd US presidents a nd published on Wednesday.

T he docu ment sig ned by Roma n ia’s K lau s Ioha n n i s a nd h is A mer ica n cou nterpart Donald Tr ump says t he t wo leaders “seek to avoid the sec u r it y r i sk s t hat accompany Chinese invest ment in 5 G t e l e c o m mu n i c a t i o n s net works”.

It was sig ned during a t r ip made by Ioha nnis to Washing ton on Tuesday.

I o h a n n i s r e c e n t l y expressed “concerns” regardi ng Huawei’s possible pa rticipation in t he countr y’s 5G network, adding the Supreme Council of Nationa l Defence would discuss it.

T h e R o m a n i a n a n d A mer ic a n delegat ions a l so sig ned a memora ndu m of u ndersta nd i ng on Tuesday establ ish i ng t he condit ions t hat ser v ic e prov ider s w i l l have to f ul f i l i n order to be par t of t he net work.

These i nclude t he obl igat ion not to be under t he cont rol of a t hi rd count r y’s gove r n me n t , a c c o r d i n g t o Roma n i a n ne w s web s i t e G4Media.

Bucharest adopted t he “5G s t r at e g y f or Roma n i a” i n Ju ne, a i med at pr ov id i ng 250,000 jobs a nd br inging in € 4.7 bi l l ion ($ 5.2 bi l l ion).

It is prepa r ing to lau nch a ca l l for tenders for t he f i f t h gener at ion of mobi le networks in t he four t h quarter of t his yea r.

T he gover n ment had i n it ia l ly suggested t hat t he Chinese equ ipment ma nu fact u r e r w o u l d n o t b e excluded.

The US fea rs t hat Huawei wi l l a l low Beiji ng to spy on communicat ions f rom t he count r ies t hat use its products a nd ser v ices.