Posted on 12/31/2018 10:04:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Huawei is a massive Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics company. Some basics facts about the company include:
It employs over 170,000 people,
It is currently the largest telecommunication manufacturer in the world,
It was started in 1987 by an engineer formerly in the People's Liberation Army (PLA),
It invests heavily in R&D, and
Its name can be translated to mean "China is able."
Huawei has been in the news lately because Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder, was arrested on December 1 in Vancouver as she was switching planes. Canada did this at the request of the United States which is seeking Wanzhou's extradition to face charges of violating economic and financial sanctions on Iran.
But the alleged violation of Iranian sanctions is small potatoes compared to the real risk Huawei poses to national security. This mainly revolves around 5G technology.
Without getting technical, 5G is the fifth generation in wireless communication. It is designed to run at a higher frequency than today's 4G technology allowing the network to transmit data much faster.
5G will be lightning fast. Verizon says that its 5G network will likely be 200 times faster than the 5Mbps speeds many of its users get on 4G LTE. That means 5G speeds will hit 1Gbps, which is currently the fastest speed you can get from Google Fiber. At that rate, you'll be able to download an HD movie in seven seconds. speeds are expected to increase even higher than 1 Gbps as well, as 5G evolves.
The rollout for 5G is expected to come in 2020. From there, it is soon expected to be fully integrated into the wireless communication system in countries around the globe. And here Huawei plays a major role as the world's largest supplier
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It is surreal to think that countries of the West would even consider having a critical part of their communications infrastructure dependent on a company in communist China. And why would they? Because Huawei's equipment is marginally less expensive than that which Western companies produce? To give the devil his due, there is wisdom in Comrade Lenin's observation when he said, "Capitalists will sell us the rope by which we'll hang them."
And where did Huawei get the technological knowhow to advance so far, so fast in the first place? It wasn't homegrown in China. It was obtained by hook or by crook from the West, primarily America. Technology giveaways is another area that the Trump administration is addressing.
No, but the guts of a Cisco, or any other piece of networking gear are probably all manufactured in China.
No, we can’t trust them
No.
But then, you can’t trust ANY of the Telecom Infrastructure Providers.
They are all spying on you.
The only difference is in who they are spying for.
No.
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