Huawei in top place for 5G base station shipments

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said on Tuesday that it has shipped more than 200,000 5G base stations worldwide, putting it in a leading role with other global vendors in the superfast technology despite all the restrictions it faces from the United States.

William Xu, Huawei's director of the board and president of the institute of strategic research, said that the company has had more than 200,000 5G base stations in shipment, which marked a steady step forward compared with its earlier announcement of 150,000 base stations in late June.

Xu also noted that the firm has secured over 50 commercial contracts for 5G with carriers globally, among which 28 contracts are from Europe, 11 from the Middle East, six from the Asia-Pacific region, four from the Americas, and one from Africa.