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Singapore telecoms company M1 will be standing by China’s Huawei – at least for now
- M1 will continue to use Huawei if it makes commercial sense, said M1 chief Manjot Singh Mann
- 5G services will be ‘vendor agnostic’ as there are multiple players developing equipment, he added
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US President Donald Trump has not scared one Asian telco away from Huawei Technologies, even as he presses home his campaign.
Singapore’s M1 – now controlled by Keppel and Singapore Press Holdings – said on Tuesday it was open to keep on dealing with the Chinese company, while flagging there will be alternative providers as operators look to build their 5G networks.
Huawei, China’s largest technology company, was blacklisted by the US earlier this month amid claims that the group aids Beijing’s espionage, with Trump’s move cutting it off from the US software and components it needs to make products.
The decision both escalated and complicated the US-China trade war, while forcing telecom operators around the world to decide whether they too, would shun the company.
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M1 will continue to use Huawei if it makes commercial sense, said newly appointed chief executive officer Manjot Singh Mann at an interview on the sidelines of a briefing to map out priorities for the coming years.
Fifth-generation services will be “vendor agnostic” as there are multiple players developing equipment, he said.
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