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Spotlight | China, Saudi Arabia
Huawei goes all out to win mission-critical communications contract for Saudi defence

The Chinese tech giant is lobbying hard in Riyadh to build Saudi Arabia's defence and intelligence mission-critical communications, while pointing out the shortcomings of its European rivals for the business. [...]

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