- Nokia CEO urges Europe to consider banning Huawei and ZTE amid over security reasons and a shrinking China market share for European vendors
- Nokia, along with Ericsson, has faced significant barriers in China, where authorities have reportedly told Nordic vendors that they will be excluded on national security grounds
- European operators still rely heavily on Huawei, raising geopolitical and security concerns
- Huawei has already been banned or restricted from supplying 5G equipment to 10 European Union (EU) countries, as well as the U.K.
- Most recently, both Huawei and ZTE components were barred from 5G networks in Germany
“Why do we [Europeans] allow high-risk vendors in Europe when we have less than 3% of the market share in China?” Hotard questioned. “European operators should provide European vendors with the same opportunities that Chinese companies receive at home," Nokia CEO Justin Hotard.
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The CEO’s remarks come amid mounting geopolitical tensions and growing scrutiny of Chinese telecom equipment in Europe, where several countries have already imposed partial or full bans on Huawei and ZTE products.
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Meanwhile google aggressively reinstalls itself on bloatware Korean Samsung’s.
Give the operators a product they like even more than Huawei’s and you’ll get the contracts.
Spain PM Sanchez contracted China’s Huawei for the storage of judicial wiretaps, to provide an example. This is about security, not what you like. Spain gives such sensitive issue into the hands of a company from a dictatorial regime.
Doubt it’s that, I’d rather assume that Huawei is just much cheaper. At the scale of telecommunication network operators the people who make the decision to buy new equipment aren’t those who have to work with it.
Unfortunately it’s not just cheaper but also significantly better… and much more reliable compared to Nokia.
Pass this onto apple and google and we may consider it
Regarding Apple, there are two interesting video reports:
How Apple Sold Its Soul to an Authoritarian Regime – (March 2025, here is the original YT link)
Apple became the world’s most valuable company by wedding itself—and its future—to an authoritarian state. As the president and others talk about decoupling from the country, Apple’s exposure in China isn’t just a liability for the company—it’s a liability to our national security, our own workforce, and our future.
And an older one:
How Tim Cook Surrendered Apple to the Chinese Government - (July 2021, here is the original YT link)
This is how Tim Cook turned Apple into China’s biggest ally in their imperial and authoritarian expansion.
