According to a September 13, article by Estonian news site Delfi, Paul Rikk, Estonia’s national cybersecurity policy director, said the country’s 5G network shouldn’t be equipped with Huawei equipment.  He said “We need to make sure that the manufacturer is reliable and the management of the company is transparent and is not driven by political goals” adding “The issue is not so much the quality of Huawei hardware and software, but whether these devices can be used for political purposes in the future.” Rikk said Estonia took into consideration security concerns from the United States and “other NATO allies” about Huawei “Because Estonia is a NATO member and our defense is based on a collective defense logic. If one NATO member sees communications technology as a threat, then we take that concern very seriously.” 

(Comment: According to the Delfi report, the Estonia task force is consulting with the country’s three major telecom providers: Elisa, Tele2, and Telia. For 5G testing.  Elisa is known to have worked with Huawei, while Tele2 has cooperated with Finnish telecom firm Nokia, and Telia has joined with Swedish firm Ericsson. Meanwhile, in India—the world’s fastest growing smartphone market—two major telecom operators, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, have decided not to team up with Huawei in their 5G trials. Jio has teamed up with Samsung instead, while Airtel has finalized agreements with both Ericsson and Nokia, according to a Sept. 14 article by India’s English-language daily Business Standard. The Indian government hasn’t officially announced whether it will ban Huawei.)