Country that wins 5G leadership will be dominant player on the globe says U.S. General
General James Jones, who served as the U.S. national security advisor to president Barack Obama, says that China is ahead of the United States when it comes to the marketing of next-gen 5G networking equipment. According to CNBC, the General was speaking at the Munich Security Conference and told those in attendance that the communist Chinese government subsidizes its domestic telecom companies. He says that this allows them to offer gear for 5G networks that is less expensive than similar technology developed in the states.
"The competition is China and whoever wins this competition is going to be a very dominant player on the globe and China has a very seductive, appealing message: 'We're cheap, we're reliable, we don't put strings on our technology'...what they don't say is, 'we don't share our technology, we don't train you on our technology, we don't give you the keys, we don't give you the encryption and we won't partner with your domestic countries'"-General James Jones
Jones is parroting the U.S. government's fear that networking equipment from companies like Huawei spy on consumers and corporations and send information to the Chinese government. President Trump is expected to sign an order that will ban U.S. carriers from using networking equipment from Chinese manufacturers. The U.S. has also warned its allies about using gear from Huawei and fellow "national security threat" ZTE to build out their 5G pipelines. Both firms deny that their equipment spies on behalf of the Chinese government.
The General made it clear that wireless providers around the globe have a choice to make. "You can either go for the cheap, seductive but extremely vulnerable system that will take all of your privacy, your intellectual property and your secrets back to Beijing. Or you can invest a little bit more money and have a more secure society," he said.
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