Sweden’s telecoms regulator PTS had to postpone its 5G auction following a court ruling to suspend the decision to exclude Huawei. A press release from court confirmed the ruling, stating that certain parts of PTS’s decision prior to the upcoming 5G auction will not apply until further notice.
Last month, PTS banned the country’s operators that had signed up to participate in the auction from using products made by both Huawei and ZTE, following a security assessment. The country also followed the UK by ordering operators to strip out the vendors’ products from 4G and 5G networks, by 1 January 2025, citing security concerns. However, Huawei hit back, appealing the decision, arguing its exclusion would not benefit customers or the country in general.
Judge Johan Lundmark said that the administrative court would continue to deliberate the case, implying that it did not necessarily represent a win for the Chinese vendor at this stage. After the court’s ruling, PTS issued a statement announcing the planned auction would not proceed as planned, and it would look to start the process as soon as possible.
Nokia and SURF, the organization for IT in Dutch education and research, have successfully reached a single carrier 800Gb/s optical transmission over SURF’s existing cross-border, multi-vendor research and education network infrastructure.
Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON).
The GSMA believes that critical reform of European laws is necessary to position the region as a technology frontrunner by 2030.
