The United States is enjoining its allies due to security issues of 5G networks. The governments around the world reevaluate the adoption of 5G networks in which Chinese tech giants roll out.
It included the Philippines, to consider alternatives. The firms which offer their alternatives have no influence on China’s government.
“I think governments and businesses around the world are asking a similar question regarding 5G networks. The question is, who do you trust to carry out your most private information and intellectual property?” Krach said.
Krach said, “the primary choices for the US government are Korean, Samsung; and two European vendors, Ericsson and Nokia.”
Secure Edge
“US telecom providers are successfully deploying Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung throughout their 5G networks. In addition, they understand that a secure edge as part of the same system. To emphasize this point, it is just as important as a secure core,” Krach said.
By contrast, Krach said both Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE were “required to comply with China’s national intelligence law by submitting any and all data to the Chinese government upon request.”
“These requests were frequent because Huawei is involved in numerous cases of intellectual property theft, bribery, hacking, and other crimes,” he claimed.
The duopoly of telco service providers, namely PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc. has yet to roll out 5G on a massive scale, particularly in the Philippines.
Globe actually has very limited 5G coverage in the city of Manila, though PLDT has none yet.
Both telcos had earlier partnered with Huawei. So, it may be hard for PLDT and Globe to abandon the Chinese link despite network availability. In addition, on top of cheaper costs.
Then, Chinese state-owned China Telecom was incoming third-party telco provider Dito Telecommunity Corp. In addition, it was going to break the duopoly.
Also supported by Chinese state-owned China Telecom was incoming third-party telco provider
The top-to-bottom kit from Huawei ensures full dependence on a single company. The long-term costs of dependence on a firm linked to an authoritarian regime far outweigh any short-term cost savings, “added Ortagus.
