After United Kingdom, Sweden bans Huawei from upcoming 5G networks

On Tuesday, Sweden announced that it had banned future 5 G networks from using telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei. The news comes as a big setback for the firm that was barred earlier in July in the United Kingdom.

The ban is in line with new legislation that entered into force in January 2020, following a study by the Swedish Armed Forces and Security Service "to ensure that the use of radio equipment in these bands does not affect the security of Sweden," the Swedish Postal and Telecommunications Authority said in a statement.

Following pressure from the United States, European governments have been investigating the role of Chinese companies in developing their networks, which they say poses a security threat since, among other concerns, Chinese companies and people must, by law, assist the state in collecting intelligence.

In July, the United Kingdom ordered Huawei equipment to be officially purged from the 5G network in Britain by 2027, being one of the first European countries to do so. Huawei and ZTE did not respond immediately to Sweden's requests for comment on the decision.

By January 1, 2025, PTS said companies involved in the auction would withdraw Huawei and ZTE equipment from existing core functions. Central functions have been specified by the regulator as the equipment used to establish the radio access network, the transmission network, the core network, and the network service and maintenance. PTS claimed that the terms of the license had been agreed to comply with the evaluations made by the armed forces and the security services.

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