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Sweden has become the second country in Europe — the UK was the first — to openly state that it will not be allowing the use of gear from Chinese telecommunications equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation in its 5G networks.

Tomorrow, or any time before 3 November, if the lowliest member of the Chinese military makes a misstep and gives him an excuse to go to war, US President Donald Trump is unlikely to hesitate, seeing as he has made the demonisation of Beijing his main strategy to win another four years in the White House.

Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corporation has released the first smartphone with an under-display camera, in this case the selfie camera. The ZTE Axon 20 5G went on pre-order in China on 1 September for 2198 yuan (A$438).

China issued its first commercial 5G licences in June last year and since then lighter and thinner devices have tended to increase take-up, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

The chances of Chinese telecommunications equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation playing a role in India's 5G networks have been dealt a sharp blow following border clashes between troops from the two countries.

Two big Canadian telecommunications companies — Bell Canada and Telus Corporation — have chosen Swedish firm Ericsson and Finland's Nokia to provide then with 5G equipment, saving Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from having to make a difficult decision on whether or not to allow Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies a role.

The US has extended by a year a ban on the use of telecommunications equipment from companies deemed to be a risk to the country's national security.

A parliamentary committee that conducted an inquiry into 5G in Australia has recommended that carriers look at sharing multi-user infrastructure so that rural and regional consumers benefit from 5G services without too much delay.

The global adoption of the 5G network is set to skyrocket in the next five years, with new data estimating that by 2025 the number of 5G connections is expected to hit 2.7 billion worldwide - a growth of at least 20 times from this year’s figure of 120 million, according to one analyst firm.

US President Donald Trump has hinted that he may oppose new restrictions proposed on Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, issuing a number of tweets to point out that the US should become an easy place for other countries to buy products.

The Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies may derive less than 1% of its revenue from the US, but Washington's ban on its involvement in 5G networks will have a much wider impact than within American borders itself.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has announced that it would team up with Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia to build its 5G network in the country, with the announcement coming well ahead of a court decision on a challenge against a bid to block its merger with TPG Telecom.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, a lobby group for the mobile industry, says it regrets the decision made by Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies to quit the association.

Legislation supported by both sides of politics in the US seeks a sum of US$1 billion to help small and rural wireless providers replace equipment made by Chinese vendors Huawei Technology and ZTE Corporation.

Chinese telecommunications equipment provider ZTE and telecommunications carrier China Mobile have collaborated to deliver China’s first 5G sporting event with the broadcast of the country’s 2nd National Youth Games.

The reason why the United States has told Australia to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation from bidding for contracts in the 5G network rollout is now out in the open: Washington plans to build a US$211.5-million military base for US Marines in Darwin.

The European Commission has hit American processor maker Qualcomm with a €242 million ($385.6 million) fine for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets.

ANALYSIS Not for the first time, people around the world are struggling to understand one of US President Donald Trump's pronouncements, this one being about the Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies.

Qualcomm Technologies and Chinese telcommunications equipment provider ZTE Corporation have demonstrated 5G-powered cloud gaming on a live 5G network, utilising cloud gaming solutions from Tencent Instant Play on 5G smartphones from OnePlus, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE.

Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies' 5G Radio Access Network has come out ahead of four other global telcos — Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE — in the first competitive analysis of the telecommunications industry by analytics firm GlobalData.