A change to India's telecoms rules will make it more difficult for Huawei and ZTE to compete in the Indian market, including in 5G networks.

Recent news reports indicate that Kenya's partnership with Huawei is moving ahead with the development of a 5G network.

Over the past few weeks, there have been news reports about developments related to Huawei and 5G networks in Ethiopia and Angola. In Ethiopia, Reuters reported that State-owned operator Ethio Telecom launched a 5G mobile phone service, with Huawei as its equipment supplier for the network. And VoA reported on

After a long period of internal debate and discussion, Canada announced last week that it would exclude the Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G market and the broad range of products connected to it.

At the meeting of the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade held on November 10-12, 2021, a number of WTO Members raised “specific trade concerns” about particular Chinese measures, and China voiced its concerns with measures of other Members.

Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a study on “Patenting Activity among 5G Technology Developers.” One key takeaway is that "[t]he findings of the report call into question claims that any single firm or country is 'winning' the 5G technology race."

In a February 1 discussion in the Canadian House of Commons, conservative MP Ed Fast, a former Minister of International Trade, pressed François-Philippe Champagne, the Trudeau government's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, on issues related to allowing Huawei to participate in Canada's 5G network and