Orange is one of the largest and best-known telecommunications groups in the whole world, and one of the main ones in Europe, and its boss made a very important announcement about Huawei. While everyone is extremely uncertain what decision to make regarding Huawei, within Orange things seem to have been decided for a very long time, and the CEO of the group reaffirmed his support for the company and its 5G products.
Orange wants to use Huawei's 5G equipment for the networks it will launch in Europe, or at least that's what Stephane Richard, the CEO of the French group, suggests. He stated yesterday that Huawei should have the right to sell its 5G equipment to mobile phone operators in Europe, and of course Orange will buy such products from the Chinese, despite all the security concerns.
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Orange is a very old partner of Huawei, and the CEO Stepahne Richard said a few months ago that he would like the Chinese 5G equipment not to disappear from Europe. Despite this, Orange has not let go of equipment purchases for its 5G networks because it does not know which countries will allow their use, and which countries will ban such products from Huawei, something that was also done by Vodafone, or Telekom.
"The head of the telecommunications operator Orange renewed his call on Thursday to defend Huawei's right to sell 5G equipment in Europe, amid tense debates on the continent regarding the security of mobile networks. While he agreed with Breton's desire to favor European suppliers such as Nokia and Ericsson, Richard said he hoped the call for stricter rules would not lead to a de facto veto of Huawei in Europe."
Orange also uses equipment from Ericsson in its networks, and the CEO of the group stated that he agrees with a more serious diversification regarding the GSM equipment used. He agrees with the European Union's recommendations to buy more 5G equipment from local manufacturers such as Nokia and Ericsson, which Orange is doing anyway, but he still wants Huawei to remain one of the options for European operators.
Orange, like the rest of the telecommunications operators who support Huawei, wants to be able to buy Chinese products because they are cheap and help them make more profit with 5G networks, so security doesn't really matter in the end.
