Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently on a three-day visit to Russia.
SALT LAKE CITY — Chinese tech company Huawei will build Russia’s first 5G wireless network, CNN reports.
Huawei signed the deal with Russian telecom company MTS, which is the country’s largest wireless carrier. Huawei Chairman Guo Ping and MTS boss Alexei Kornya signed the deal. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were both in attendance, according to The Moscow Times.
«We both add momentum to strategic cooperation between the two companies in high tech, thus building a foundation for commercial 5G rollouts in Russia in the nearest future,» Kornya emailed CNET in a statement.
President Xi is currently on a three-day visit to Russia, according to BBC News.
China has been touting its Huawei company for several years now. The company, after all, is one of the largest tech gear providers in China.
