> In a modern telecommunications service provider, new equipment is deployed, configured, maintained and often financed by the vendor. Just to let that sink in,

> In a modern telecommunications service provider, new equipment is deployed, configured, maintained and often financed by the vendor. Just to let that sink in, Huawei (and their close partners) already run and directly operate the mobile telecommunication infrastructure for over 100 million European subscribers. > The host service provider often has no detailed insight in what is going on, and would have a hard time figuring this out through their remaining staff. Rampant outsourcing has meant that most local expertise has also left the company, willingly or unwillingly. 100% reflects my experience working in Huawei BR a few years ago. Carriers are mostly customer facing companies and very limited technically. Our customer (million + subscribers BR carrier) often hadn't the slightest idea how their own network was built and worked. Banning Huawei is absolutely impossible, at least in Brazil.