From: murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net   
      
   By Iain Morris, International Editor   
      
   Huawei can seemingly scratch T-Mobile Netherlands off its shrinking   
   list of European customers. Sold by Deutsche Telekom to private equity   
   last year, the Dutch mobile operator had built a 4G network with   
   Huawei long before the Chinese manufacturer became as unpalatable in   
   parts of Europe as a week-old takeaway dinner. Naming Ericsson this   
   week as the sole vendor of its 5G network, T-Mobile aims to clean   
   Huawei out of its 4G infrastructure, too.   
      
   Geopolitically, the decision is not surprising. Ever since Donald   
   Trump began leaning on US allies to ditch Chinese vendors, Huawei's   
   position has looked shaky. Australia, Canada and the UK - members of   
   the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the US (the other being New   
   Zealand) - have issued formal bans or restrictions. Sweden forbade its   
   5G license winners from using Chinese vendors. Sensing the   
   geopolitical headwinds, operators in other European countries have   
   been shifting away from Huawei and toward the Nordic alternatives of   
   Ericsson and Nokia.   
      
   https://www.lightreading.com/5g/ericsson-to-replace-huawei-at-t-   
   obile-netherlands/d/d-id/778771?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT   
      
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