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| The Pentagon wants an open source 5G plan in a campaign against Huawei |
The Pentagon is urging US telecom equipment suppliers to work alongside 5G technology to offer a local alternative to Huawei in China. The Department of Defense R&D official Lisa Porter asks US companies to develop open source 5G software that is a potential competitor. They open up their technology and warn them that if they don't, they can be ignored.
The problem of the fifth generation of open source technology threatens American companies such as Cisco and Oracle, the largest network equipment suppliers in the United States. This technology, known as the Open Wireless Access Network, enables telcos to purchase from a group of stock suppliers. Hardware, not customer-specific systems.
US officials hope to offer an alternative to Huawei as Chinese OEMs will dominate the Huawei market, but many in Washington see it as a threat to US national security.
US officials are looking for ways to undermine Huawei's strong stance. Huawei sells less than a third of the world's fifth-generation devices, but it warns that Beijing may use the company's products to spy on it, and most efforts have focused on excluding Huawei from the United States and other Western markets.
The Financial Times announced last week that the US State Department had recently asked American Telecom to adhere to a number of supply chain principles that would replace the Chinese company despite the company's rejection by executives. Worried about this process.
Meanwhile, the government of US President Donald Trump is looking for ways to intensify competition with Chinese device manufacturers, and because no American company has installed the wireless access tower, the administration has discussed transferring money to Nokia and Ericsson. (European competitors), they asked Cisco and Oracle if they were considering entering the broadcasting market when they refused.
"Both Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung are there and we have clearly identified them as potential contributors in this field, but it has helped American companies to develop open source technologies (enabling telecom companies to buy devices from different vendors, the possibilities are even more exciting," said Porter.
One of Huawei's main selling points is that the company can build a full 5G network, including everything from the radio tower to one router.
When US officials considered granting tax breaks to develop this open source technology, some industry leaders were particularly concerned that they might offer advantages for some products that might not be ready yet, and Porter said that 5G technology could be used in time "We think you can cancel "The more things there are to keep up with the progress of old technologies, such as data servers in the United States, the stronger our technology will be." Great partner and Western allies.