Sweden Suspends 5G Auction After Huawei Wins Court Appeal Against Exclusion

Sweden’s telecoms regulator has halted a national 5G spectrum auction after a court allowed Huawei’s appeal against its exclusion from the next generation network.

The Sweden Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) informed the four bidding telecom operators — Hi3G Access, Net4Mobility, Telia Sverige and Teracom­­ — of its decision to put off the event, scheduled to start on Nov. 10, it said in a Monday statement. Allowing carriers to use the Chinese telecom- equipment maker’s low-cost equipment could change the bidding calculus, observers said.