Sweden bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks.
                     SWEDEN BANS HUAWEI AND 
ZTE FROM 5G NETWORKS
INTRODUCTION
• Sweden is banning Chinese tech companies 
Huawei and ZTE from building new high-speed 
wireless networks after a top security official 
called China one of the country’s biggest 
threats.
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foxbusiness.com
COMPANY PROFILE HUAWEI
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese 
multinational technology company 
headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. 
• It designs, develops, and sells 
telecommunications equipment and consumer 
electronics. 
Source: Wikipedia
BANS HUAWEI OR ZTE
• The Swedish telecom regulator said that four 
wireless carriers bidding for frequencies in an 
upcoming spectrum auction for the new 5G 
networks must not use equipment from 
Huawei or ZTE.
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foxbusiness.com
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 5G 
NETWORKS
• Wireless carriers that plan to use existing 
telecommunications infrastructure for 5G 
networks must also rip out any existing gear 
from Huawei or ZTE, the Swedish Post and 
Telecom Authority said.
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PROHIBIT HUAWEI
• Sweden is the latest country to prohibit 
Huawei from playing a role in building 5G 
networks and its decision is likely to add to 
tensions between the Chinese government 
and Western powers. 
Source: 
finance.yahoo.com
USA AGAINST HUAWEI
• U.S. officials have waged an intense lobbying 
campaign in Europe to persuade allies to shun 
the company, saying Huawei could be 
compelled by China’s communist rulers to 
facilitate cyberespionage. 
• The company has consistently denied the 
accusations.
Source: globaltimes.cn
RESPONSE OF SWEDEN’S DOMESTIC 
SECURITY SERVICE
• NKlas Friberg, the head of Sweden’s domestic 
security service, known as SAPO, said that 
foreign powers have intensified their 
intelligence activity in recent years so 5G 
networks should be built in a secure way from 
the start.
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CYBER ESPIONAGE
• Friberg said that Chinese state is conducting 
cyber espionage to promote its own economic 
development and develop its military 
capabilities. 
Source: govtech.com
THEFT OF TECHNOLOGY
• This is done through extensive intelligence 
gathering and theft of technology, research 
and development. 
• This is what one must consider when building 
the 5G network of the future.
Source: 
economictimes.com
HUAWEI DENIED SECURITY RISK
• Huawei denied it was a security risk.
• Huawei said that it has never caused even the 
slightest shred of threat to Swedish cyber 
security and never will. 
• Excluding Huawei will not make Swedish 5G 
networks any more secure. Rather, 
competition and innovation will be severely 
hindered.
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foxbusiness.com