In the afternoon of June 15, the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, declared Huawei and ZTE as high-risk vendors during a press conference. Breton recommended that EU Member States avoid using 5G equipment from these companies.
Three major Chinese telecom operators, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom plan to build a total of 500,000 5G base stations, according to their published investment plans.