5G could cost more without Huawei – Orange Polska

Excluding Huawei from developing 5G infrastructure in Poland could lead to higher costs and delays in implementing the technology, the CEO of Poland’s largest telecoms operator Orange Polska has told Reuters. 
 

“If Huawei was really excluded from 5G in Poland, that would have an impact on prices and pace of the technology implementation,” said Jean-François Fallacher in an interview with the agency. 
 

“You can imagine easily that in a field with three competitors, if you take out the most aggressive one, the prices would obviously go up. What does it mean? It means that buying equipment would be more expensive for operators, so the deployment of 5G might be slower,” he added. 

Other telecoms companies in Poland and other countries have made a similar point.

Huawei has had a significant role in the development of the Poland’s telecoms infrastructure. Last year, it supplied the equipment for Poland’s first 5G networks to be launched by T-Mobile and Orange.