This week, news abounds that Telefonica renewed a five-year core contract with Huawei late last year. This is a shock for the European countries that committed to expensive removal projects of Huawei equipment in recent years, but not a shock in the Spanish context, where all three major operators are still buying Huawei services. The news is a reminder that those countries that have not decided to divorce from Huawei, probably will not do so in the future. As such, the furor of removing Huawei from European telecoms systems that started in 2019 seems to have finally come to a still. In fairness, the Telefonica news was a shock for the industry, largely because Telefonica itself had promised to cut…