By Iain Morris, International Editor

Huawei can seemingly scratch T-Mobile Netherlands off its shrinking
list of European customers. Sold by Deutsche Telekom to private equity
last year, the Dutch mobile operator had built a 4G network with
Huawei long before the Chinese manufacturer became as unpalatable in
parts of Europe as a week-old takeaway dinner. Naming Ericsson this
week as the sole vendor of its 5G network, T-Mobile aims to clean
Huawei out of its 4G infrastructure, too.

Geopolitically, the decision is not surprising. Ever since Donald
Trump began leaning on US allies to ditch Chinese vendors, Huawei's
position has looked shaky. Australia, Canada and the UK - members of
the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the US (the other being New
Zealand) - have issued formal bans or restrictions. Sweden forbade its
5G license winners from using Chinese vendors. Sensing the
geopolitical headwinds, operators in other European countries have
been shifting away from Huawei and toward the Nordic alternatives of
Ericsson and Nokia.

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