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Bruce Schneier, Andrew Grotto, Anchal Vohra

India Draws a Line in the 5G Sand

Visitors discuss a 5G display at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Oct. 25, 2018. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

In early May, India announced that it would allow mobile carriers to carry out 5G trials with Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, and C-DOT equipment. The statement left off Huawei and other Chinese equipment manufacturers. They haven’t been banned from supplying equipment outright, but news reports following the May notice have hinted that, by June, new procurement rules will officially block mobile carriers from using Chinese equipment.

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