TOKYO, June 28 — With growing pressure to keep China’s Huawei out of 5G network development, it could be time for firms like Japan’s NEC and South Korea’s Samsung to shine. Washington has pushed allies to bar Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant, from building next-generation 5G mobile networks,...
The EU flag and a smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken January 29, 2020. — Reuters pic
But excluding Huawei is not without challenges, because there are currently only two alternatives in Europe for 5G equipment such as antennas and relay masts: Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson. “But a world of three is not good for operators, and if it goes down to two it will be worse still,” he told AFP.That leaves a tempting potential opening for telecoms firms like Samsung and NEC. But building a successful 5G network is no simple task.
In building its 5G network, Samsung has so far focused on North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific region. “Netcracker has a strong presence with operators in Europe, which could be a real entry point for NEC,” said Stephane Teral, chief telecoms analyst at LightCounting, a market research firm.NEC is tightlipped about its contracts for mobile networks, saying only that it is holding feasibility demonstrations for ”a number of customers and we are engaged in commercial discussions with others”.
Samsung and NEC joined forces two years ago and have launched a joint marketing team to offer 5G products to European and Asian markets.“I think it’s a major challenge for NEC. It requires more than radios, it requires investing in people who can do system integration, sales, customer support, network design and engineering,” he said.
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