An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Facebook will lower video streaming quality on its platform and on Instagram in Latin America, replicating measures adopted in Europe, to ease network congestion in a region that is starting to feel the grip of the coronavirus. On Sunday, the world’s largest social network followed the steps of Netflix, Alphabet’s YouTube, Amazon and…
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MWC Hangs by a Thread After Nokia, Vodafone, DT and Other Big Names Back Out
More big names are stepping away from the world’s biggest phone and telecom trade fair, they announced today, prompting the organizers to urgently decide what they wish to do going forward. From a report: Nokia, one of the omnipresent firms at major tech trade conferences, won’t be attending this year’s Mobile World Congress, it said Wednesday citing health and safety concerns…
Attorney General Says US, Allies Should Consider Nokia, Ericsson Investment To Counter Huawei
mikeebbbd writes: U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday stressed the threat posed by China’s Huawei Technologies and said the United States and its allies should consider investing in Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson, or both firms, to counter Huawei’s dominance in next generation 5G telecoms technology.
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Germany Has Proof That Huawei Worked With Chinese Intelligence: Handelsblatt
The German government is in possession of evidence that Huawei, the leading maker of telecoms network equipment, has collaborated with Chinese intelligence, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Wednesday. Reuters: “At the end of 2019, intelligence was passed to us by the U.S., according to which Huawei is proven to have been cooperating with China’s security authorities,” the newspaper quoted a confidential…
Pentagon Wants Open-Source 5G Plan in Campaign Against Huawei
The Pentagon is urging US telecoms equipment makers to join forces on 5G technology in a drive to offer a homegrown alternative to China’s Huawei. From a report: Lisa Porter, who oversees research and development at the defence department, has asked US companies to develop open-source 5G software — in effect opening up their technology to potential rivals — warning they…
Huawei Launches New Legal Challenge Against US Ban
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has launched a legal challenge to a decision by US regulators to classify it as a national security threat. From a report: It comes after the US Federal Communications Commission put curbs on rural mobile providers using a $8.5bn government fund to buy Huawei equipment. The firm said evidence that it was a threat to security “does…
Africa Should Look To India For Digital Inspiration
Aubrey Hruby, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, writing at Financial Times: Africa’s digital economy is still small in size compared with those of its global peers. But it has seen exponential growth over the past decade and now has the potential to redefine the continent’s economies. […] African governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) should look to…
Huawei Says US Firms Have Expressed Interest In Licensing Its 5G Technology
An anonymous reader quotes Reuters: Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday. Vincent Pang, senior vice president and board director at the company said some firms had expressed interest in both a long-term deal or a one-off transfer,…
Huawei CEO Offers To License 5G Tech To American Companies In Peace Offer To Trump
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Huawei’s chief executive has proposed selling its current 5G know-how to a Western firm as a way to address security concerns voiced by the U.S. and others about its business. Ren Zhengfei said the buyer would be free to “change the software code.” That would allow any flaws or supposed backdoors to…
China Warns India of ‘Reverse Sanctions’ if Huawei is Blocked
China has told India not to block its Huawei from doing business in the country, warning there could be consequences for Indian firms operating in China, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter said. From a report: India is due to hold trials for installing a next-generation 5G cellular network in the next few months, but has…