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Spain is marameo Trump and does not give up Huawei on 5G

Spain is marameo Trump and does not give up Huawei on 5G

Spain is aiming for 75% 5G coverage by the end of the year, also thanks to Huawei. What Prime Minister Sánchez announced

Spain will not ban Huawei. The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, promises 5G coverage of 75% of the national territory by the end of the year, with the collaboration of the Chinese technology giant.

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SANCHEZ: 5G COVERAGE AT 75% BY 2020

“The main telecommunications operators have announced important millionaire investments for the expansion of 5G throughout the territory. And Telefónica, one of the leading technology companies, has guaranteed that by the end of this year 75% of the Spanish territory will have access to 5G technology ", said the president of the Spanish government , Pedro Sánchez, at the joint press conference with the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, in the framework of the XXXI Spanish-Portuguese Summit for the Common Cross-Border Development Strategy (ECDT).

THE COLLABORATION OF HUAWEI

To support Telefonica and the other Spanish TLCs in the path towards the new generation of telephony and communications are "various foreign companies", such as "Huawei, Nokia and other European and American companies", said the Spanish premier.

SANCHEZ: WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH CHINA

Spain , Sánchez points out, has "the largest fiber optic extension", surpassing "important countries like Germany, France and the United Kingdom," he adds.

“We will continue to bet on this technology and to diversify these alliances with other operators, not only from our continent, but also from China,” added the president , reinforcing the message of collaboration with Huawei.

THE INVITATION TO THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT

It's still. At the conference, Sanchez also encouraged Portugal to follow Spain's example. "We need to reinforce the fact that the Iberian Peninsula can become a major data interconnection hub," said the Spanish chief executive.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/la-spagna-fa-marameo-a-trump-e-non-molla-huawei-5g/ on Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:40:41 +0000.