New Portuguese government to keep ban on Chinese 5G equipment

10/9/2024 19:15

        Portugal's centre-right government will keep the previous administration's ban on telecoms firms using Chinese equipment in their 5G networks, a
        minister said, despite the projected cost of a position that is among the toughest in Europe.
        
        In May 2023, under the previous Socialist government, Portugal's CSSC cybersecurity board banned Chinese equipment from high-speed 5G mobile networks as well as from 4G platforms used as the basis for the new technology.
        
        The CSSC is the prime minister's consultative body and its move was a blow to efforts by Chinese technology giant Huawei to enter Portugal's 5G market and possibly extend existing contracts.
        
        The new government took over in April.
        
        "There are certain policies that must have continuity and security is one of them," Infrastructure Minister Miguel Pinto Luz told broadcaster NOW late on Monday.