India did not include Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE among foreign partners for the supply of telecommunication equipment for the fifth generation network of 5G communications in the country, the newspaper The Economic Times.
According to the publication, the Indian companies Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm, the project participants to create a network from the Indian side, during the international tender, completed the choice of foreign partners and signed cooperation contracts with the Finnish company Nokia, the Swedish Ericsson and the South Korean Samsung. The Chinese Huawei and ZTE, which had previously been considered as the main potential partners in the creation of the Indian 5G network, were not one of them. Huawei previously delivered telecommunication equipment to India for the 4G network, but in the near future this company will be excluded from the number of suppliers.
The publication notes that the refusal of the services of Chinese companies in creating a 5G network of the Indian side substantiated the best financial terms of contracts with European firms and more convenient integration of their equipment with what is carried out in India for the fifth generation network.
Local media notes that India systematically reduces cooperation with Chinese companies and limits direct investments from China to its economy amid a military confrontation with it on the border in East Ladakh.