Huawei opens London 5G center as UK weighs ban

R&D hub meant to foster ties with British companies

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Huawei at the World 5G Exhibition in Beijing in November. The U.K. has yet to decided whether to ban the Chinese company's equipment from its fifth-generation wireless infrastructure. © Reuters

TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies has set up a fifth-generation wireless research and development center in the U.K., amid an ongoing debate over whether the Chinese company's equipment should be allowed in British 5G infrastructure.

The 5G Innovation and Experience Center, which opened Monday in London, aims to promote 5G-related R&D by local companies. It also gives consumers demonstrations of services enabled by the superfast, low-lag technology, such as cloud-based gaming and telemedicine.

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