Can India offset Huawei's global losses post US ban?
The QuintBy Nishant Arora New Delhi, June 2 Sandwiched between the ongoing US-China trade war, Chinese telecom equipment major Huawei is frantically looking to salvage its prestige and fast cover the lost ground. Huawei predicts there would be the 2.8 billion 5G users by 2025, and looks seriously at India to offset losses it is going to incur in the wake of US ban. "Unlike the headwinds it has been facing elsewhere, India remains a potentially positive hotspot for Huawei," Prabhu Ram, Head, Industry Intelligence Group, CMR, told IANS. "Unlike 4G, 5G is a completely new terrain and India would need to test various use cases for 5G adoption in India. "The problems with supply chain and sourcing, especially at the operating system level, can have potential impact on Huawei in its global operations including in India," Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research, told IANS.