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posted by martyb on Saturday May 11 2019, @07:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-want-our-comms-with-no-cables^W-strings-attached dept.

The UK Government has still not made a final decision on the inclusion of Huawei in the UK's 5G networks, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has said.

Mr Wright warned some assumptions about Huawei and how embedded it was in some parts of existing networks were "wrong" and was not helping the debate.

Giving evidence to MPs at the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, he said concerns raised about Huawei were less about the threat of espionage but because of engineering issues with the firm's equipment.

Fears have been raised that Huawei could be used by the Chinese state as a route to spy on the West, with the US pressuring allies to distance themselves from the company.

But Mr Wright said Huawei was already the subject of stricter analysis than many other companies because of the "nature of Huawei and where it comes from".

Source: https://techerati.com/news-hub/huawei-hysteria-is-a-false-alarm-culture-secretary-tells-mps/


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 11 2019, @10:58PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 11 2019, @10:58PM (#842505) Journal

    It took hundreds of years, for our laws to adapt to the type of high-tech, mass production, IP society we have now, and the Chinese are having to do it in 20 years.

    Indeed. Those who don't know the history are condemned to repeat its mistakes
    For instance:
    - Japan between '50 and '70 [wikipedia.org]
    - South Korea between '60 and '80 [wikimedia.org]
    Where are they now?
     

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @11:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @11:47PM (#842515)

    I read an interesting article a while back, it was about defense spending worldwide...

    Point was, that defense spending by nations? Are listed in USD. EG, US spends $50USD, China spends $10USD, Russia spends $20USD.

    But, the article pointed out -- that those figures should be re-worked. Because it should be shown as "equipment bought" or "things done" with that money.

    Because in China? When you buy from domestic factories? When you hire domestic scientists, and set up domestic institutes? You're doing that IN China, with their currency, at their wages.

    So in reality? That $10USD spent, gives MORE than the US gets when it spends its $50USD. And the same for Russia, for it's also buying internally. Almost all of its military spending is domestic.

    So in truth?

    The US no longer has the largest military budget....

    So stepping back a bit, my point is...

    When companies have R&D programs, if those firms are in China?

    Then they can hire WAAAAY more scientists, build more equipment, the list goes on... and so for much less, can research much more...

    I agree with you, that China is definitely growing in power very rapidly...

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Pslytely Psycho on Saturday May 11 2019, @11:57PM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Saturday May 11 2019, @11:57PM (#842521)

    "Where are they now?"

    Just checked, they both seem to occupy the approximate space they did before........:D

    So sorry, the smartass in me insisted.....

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