CHINA-GERMANY: GERMANY LIKELY TO OPT FOR HUAWEI'S 5G
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The German government appears poised to put in place newly drafted security requirements that do not set clear limits on the Chinese telecommunications firms Huawei and ZTE supplying technology for German fifth-generation cellular networks. A report in Foreign Policy on October 21, said the new German regulations must now make their way through a consultation process, but there is a fair chance that Huawei will continue to play a dominant role in Europe’s most important telecommunications market. It added that German Chancellor Angela Merkel seems bent on avoiding alienating Beijing at almost all costs and is willing to put immediate economic considerations above long-term strategic, security, and economic interests—and above Europe’s interests. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), both based in Bonn, were responsible for a comprehensive review of the security criteria for 5G networks.
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