US campaign against Huawei runs aground in India

The pressure by the US to pick a side presents a particularly painful dilemma for developing countries, such as India

Washington has hit an unlikely roadblock in its extraordinary global push to sideline China’s Huawei Technologies Co: The world’s biggest democracy, India.
 
Policy makers and telecommunications firms here are so far largely unpersuaded by US warnings that using Huawei’s equipment to upgrade India’s telecom networks presents a major cybersecurity threat, according to more than a dozen government officials and industry executives. Many argue that any such risk is outweighed by Huawei’s cut-rate prices and technological prowess.
 
“The perception here is that the US action is more a matter of foreign policy,” said Rajan Mathews, director of the Cellular