New Portuguese government to keep ban on Chinese 5G equipment

FILE PHOTO: Huawei logo is seen during Munich Auto Show, IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Germany, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) - 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.