Iliad's 'Free' service says not authorised to use Huawei gear

Reuters

Published Sep 03, 2020 06:13AM ET

PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Free, a subsidiary of Iliad (PA:ILD), has not been authorised by the government to roll out mobile gear manufactured by China's Huawei [HWT.UL], contrary to local rivals Bouygues Telecom (PA:BOUY) and SFR (AS:ATCA), its CEO said on Tuesday.

"This breach of equal treatment is problematic", Thomas Reynaud told a press conference after Iliad published its first-half results.