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.

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