During his recent trip to the Middle East, President Biden announced a new arrangement under which Saudi Arabia "will invest in new U.S.-led technology to develop and secure reliable 5G and 6G networks, both here and in the future, in developing countries to coordinate with the Partnership

A change to India's telecoms rules will make it more difficult for Huawei and ZTE to compete in the Indian market, including in 5G networks.

Recent news reports indicate that Kenya's partnership with Huawei is moving ahead with the development of a 5G network.

In a speech at the University of Technology Sydney on June 24, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian offered remarks and took questions on the China-Australia relationship. Overall, the tone of the remarks and the dialogue was positive, and could indicate that improvements in China-Australian relations are possible.

FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel sent a letter to key members of Congress reiterating the need for additional funding on reimbursements for replacing Chinese telecom equipment and providing updates on reimbursement applications received to date.

Over the past few weeks, there have been news reports about developments related to Huawei and 5G networks in Ethiopia and Angola. In Ethiopia, Reuters reported that State-owned operator Ethio Telecom launched a 5G mobile phone service, with Huawei as its equipment supplier for the network. And VoA reported on

After a long period of internal debate and discussion, Canada announced last week that it would exclude the Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE from its 5G market and the broad range of products connected to it.