India is preparing to gradually abandon the use of telecommunications equipment Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies in the country amid aggravation of bilateral relations due to military tensions in Ladakh, FT reported.

“It’s open now that the government is not going to allow Chinese equipment,” a telecoms industry executive told the FT. “There is now clarity . . . It’s really game over.” 

India’s telecoms department, the executive added, “has already disallowed 5G testing with Chinese vendors”. 

Infrastructure investment in India's 5G wireless network is estimated at $ 4 billion.