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China’s AI strategy is a bigger deal than its 5G ambitions
The US should probably spend less time worrying about China’s 5G dominance and more time worrying about its plans to dominate AI development. Read more…
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Will the US indictments kill off Huawei? Of course not …
With Huawei indicted by the US DoJ, some industry watchers think Huawei’s days are numbered. Here’s why they’re wrong. Read more…
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Huawei 5G ban not a full ban, just a tiny ban: GCSB minister
New Zealand’s intelligence services minister has reportedly denied that the GCSB’s decision that Huawei’s 5G equipment poses a national security risk constitutes a full-on ban of the Chinese telecoms equipment vendor. However, as far as Read more…
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NZ says Spark can’t use Huawei 5G gear – Huawei says “What?”
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies said it was seeking clarification from New Zealand after the country’s intelligence agency rejected the telecommunication industry’s first request to use the Chinese firm’s equipment in its planned 5G mobile Read more…
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US ramps up effort to convince allies to shun Huawei: report
(Reuters) – The US government is trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in allied countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The move would further Read more…
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New Philippines telco Mislatel faces national security fears
ITEM: The Philippines officially has a third telco – it’s called Mislatel, and because it counts China Telecom as a minority investor, critics are already expressing concerns over the national security implications. On Monday, the Read more…
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German officials want govt to ban Huawei from 5G buildout
BERLIN (Reuters) – Senior German officials are planning a last-ditch drive to convince the government to consider excluding Chinese firms such as Huawei from building the country’s 5G infrastructure amid concerns this could compromise national Read more…
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Huawei woos German regulators with source code review lab
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Chinese’s Huawei Technologies will open a new information security lab in Germany next month that will enable source code reviews, in a step aimed at winning regulators’ confidence before the country’s 5G Read more…
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US Senators to Canada: You should ban Huawei too, eh?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two leading US lawmakers, both sharp critics of China, urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday to consider dropping China’s Huawei Technologies from helping to build next-generation 5G telecommunications networks. Senators Read more…
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Tech giants oppose Australia’s data encryption law
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Four global tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon – will oppose an Australian law that would require them to provide access to private encrypted data linked to suspected illegal activities, Read more…