Ericsson Ousts Huawei as TDC’s 5G Vendor in Denmark

Danish telecom provider TDC has sidestepped China-based vendor Huawei in favor of Sweden-based Ericsson to build the company’s 5G network. TDC has had a long-standing relationship with Huawei, which has increasingly come under a microscope due to security concerns. The new agreement will see Ericsson supply equipment and services for the network that is scheduled to be available across Denmark by the end of 2020. The TDC deal also restores a customer that Ericsson lost to Huawei in 2014. At the time, TDC signed a six-year LTE deal with Huawei in a move that was widely regarded as a big domestic loss for the Swedish vendor.