​The Court of Appeal in Bucharest is waiting for Nokia to file a motion to withdraw from the case against the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) and the government regarding the ban on the use of its equipment in 5G. network in Romania, according to data on the judicial portal.

At the November 1 deadline, the Bucharest Court of Appeal decided to postpone the verdict until November 29, 2022, “so that the plaintiff can file a motion to dismiss the case.”

Sebastián Burduja, following the conclusion given by CSAT Nokia: The process remains aimless

Nokia’s decision was expected, as the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) on October 13 approved a request for the use of 5G infrastructure equipment submitted by two companies of the Finnish Nokia group.

These are the same two companies that sued the government after the CSAT denied them this finding in February this year.

• “This is a CSAT decision. The pending litigation in this case, in my view, remains without merit.” This was stated by the Minister of Digitalization, Sebastian Burduya, to HotNews.ro.

The two companies that have now received CSAT approval are Nokia Solutions and Networks OY Finland and Nokia Networks SRL Timișoara, both part of the Finnish Nokia Group, one of the largest manufacturers of 5G equipment and solutions alongside Huawei and Ericsson.

According to the data of the Trade Register, which HotNews.ro got acquainted withNokia Networks SRL is controlled by 99.1966%. Nokia Solutions and Networks OYa company located in Espoo, Finland, part of the Nokia group.

The remaining 0.8034% belongs to the Romanian company Internet City Doi SA.

In turn, the company Internet City Two SA has the following legal entities as shareholders:

• – ID Real Estate SA (40.88%)
• – SC Diginet SA – 32.24%
• – SC Prefabricated Vest SA (25.05%)
• – Banca Comercială Nova bank SA (1.83%)

Earlier, in February of this year, the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) rejected the request of these two Nokia companies for permission to use technologies, equipment and software in IT infrastructures of national interest, as well as in 5G networks from Romania.

HotNews.ro first reported in March of this year that two Nokia member companies sued the Romanian government for failing to obtain CSAT permission to use 5G infrastructure equipment in the country’s communications networks. Nokia is one of the largest manufacturers of 5G equipment and solutions alongside Huawei and Ericsson, and the government did not give a reason for the refusal.

• CSAT decisions are classified and all requests from HotNews.ro to the President, the Government or the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization for an explanation of this refusal remained unanswered.