The Administrative Court of Stockholm (the “Court”) has decided on a suspension of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority’s (“PST”) ban on Huawei, which prevents Huawei from gaining access to Sweden’s new 5G network, on the grounds that the ban has negative effects on the company’s rights and that the final outcome in this case is uncertain.[1] We have in a recent post described the ban on Chinese tech-giants Huawei and ZTE, which stops the…
On 20 October 2020, the Swedish government announced that it has blocked Chinese tech-giants Huawei and ZTE from gaining access to its new 5G wireless network, following the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority’s (“PTS”) assessment of tenderers. The ban on Huawei and ZTE was imposed following a security assessment made by the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Security Service, citing cyber espionage concerns. The ban also requires Swedish telecommunication companies to remove any Huawei…