US Must Maintain Its Lead in 5G Technology

Let’s get one thing straight – the United States must maintain its technological advantage over its adversaries by remaining the global leader in 5G technology. President Trump recognizes this truth. In a series of tweets last Thursday, he spelled out the need for the United States to be the global leader in 5G. The president’s…

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Graham warns of 5G security threat from China

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday pressed the Trump administration to work with Congress on combatting security threats from 5G wireless technology, including stopping business with countries using Chinese technologies. “You’ve got hardening our critical infrastructure here at home that is mostly private sector based,” Graham said, during a hearing of his…

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U.S. Takes Huawei Fight Directly to Telecom Industry

American officials inserted themselves into the telecom industry’s biggest trade fair to slam Huawei Technologies Co.—one of the event’s main sponsors—as “duplicitous and deceitful” and to warn other governments they won’t be able to use U.S. aid to buy the Chinese company’s gear. The Trump administration sent a large delegation of senior officials from the…

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In 5G Race With China, U.S. Pushes Allies to Fight Huawei

Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign minister, arrived in Washington last week for a whirlwind of meetings facing a critical question: Should Britain risk its relationship with Beijing and agree to the Trump administration’s request to ban Huawei, China’s leading telecommunications producer, from building its next-generation computer and phone networks?

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