Huawei takes 5G fight to India and Pakistan

Region primed for $1.2tn tech bonanza over next five years

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Home to one-quarter of the world's population, South Asia is seen as a potential gold mine for 5G equipment makers such as Huawei.  © Reuters

ROSEMARY MARANDI AND FARHAN BOKHARI, Nikkei staff writers

MUMBAI/ISLAMABAD -- Huawei is urging cash-strapped South Asian nations to adopt its low-cost 5G technology as the tech group moves to fend off U.S. claims that it serves as a proxy for Chinese spying.

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