In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week defied US President Trump and gave green light to Huawei in the British 5G network. Or maybe a yellow light. For the Chinese company must not deliver to the "inner core" of the network, the most sensitive parts of the new digital infrastructure.

On Wednesday, the European Commission then came up with a "toolbox" of recommendations to the member states on how to ensure security, but no ban on individual companies. Soon Germany will take a position, where the Chinese ambassador openly declared that a Huawei ban would have "consequences". Read: German car export to China can suffer.

The United States has Australia, Japan and Taiwan on a pronounced Huawei ban. Green light is found in European countries such as Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands.

Seeking compromise solution

Most countries are looking for a "yellow light" solution like the UK, in order to both eat the cake and keep it. On the one hand, it can be a chore to become unfriendly to Beijing. But Huawei is also recognized both good and cheap, so if you want to get 5G expanded in a cost-effective and fast way, you pull out to exclude one of the three major players in the world market. Ericsson and Nokia are the other two.

In Sweden, the allocation of 5G licenses is delayed due to the fact that it is not yet known how to interpret the new law on "Protection of Sweden's safety in radio use" which began to apply on January 1st.

Huawei claims independence

Huawei writes the following in a comment to SVT:

“Huawei is an independent private company wholly owned by its employees. We are not independent of any other organization or government and make independent decisions. Our goal is always to provide the best services and products to our customers in a free and open competition in the market. "