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The Future of Asia 2019

Thailand casts wide net for 5G partners amid Huawei concerns

Ericsson and Nokia are among the potential beneficiaries

Pichet Durongkaveroj, Thailand's minister of digital economy and society, speaks at the Future of Asia conference on May 31. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)

TOKYO -- Thailand is opening its doors to all global 5G vendors at a time when the leader in the field, China's Huawei Technologies, is being shut out of other markets as a security risk.

"We are equally worried about the security issues of 5G," Pichet Durongkaveroj, Thailand's minister of digital economy and society, said in Tokyo on Friday.

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