Huawei has reportedly obtained conditional approval from Rome to participate in the construction of Vodafone’s 5G radio access network in Italy, winning a rare victory in Europe where the Chinese tech giant finds deals to buy its 5G equipment hard to come by.

The Italian government greenlighted a deal between Huawei and Vodafone on May 20 with strings attached, including setting an extremely high security threshold and banning Huawei from fixing technical glitches remotely, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The report did not provide details on the security threshold.

Huawei reportedly declined to comment on the matter.

Under pressure from the U.S., which labels Huawei’s telecoms equipment a security risk, some European governments have completely or partly prohibited its equipment from being used in their 5G networks. Huawei vehemently denies posing a security risk.

The news comes a month after Telecom Italia reportedly canceled a contract with Huawei to supply equipment to build part of its 5G network in Italy, switching instead to Ericsson and Nokia.

Italy has not banned Huawei from its 5G infrastructure entirely, but has legislation in place that can impose strict conditions on 5G deals involving non-EU vendors.

Contact reporter Ding Yi (yiding@caixin.com)

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