How Huawei is winning the race for global 5G telecom dominance: US firms didn’t even show up

by Inside China Business [1-5-2026].

Half the world's population now relies on telecommunications powered by Huawei and other Chinese companies.

China's telecom companies are under heavy US and European sanction since 2017. Huawei and other firms are not allowed to import Western technology or components, and neither are they allowed to export telecom equipment to the United States and most of Europe.

But worldwide adoption of Huawei's 5G is accelerating. Chinese companies enjoy monopolistic access to the most important supply chains for 5G, and can build equipment faster and more affordably than Samsung, Nokia, and Ericsson.

Despite highly favorable regulatory and tax incentives, no US companies build 5G telecom systems.

Closing scene, Yandang Mountains, Zhejiang.

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