Intel unveils 5G plans
Wants to capture 40 percent of the market
While many in the tech industry think that Intel’s modem business is pretty much doomed, CEO Bob Swan has been talking it up in Barcelona.
Italian right-wingers call for Huawei ban
No evidence but we believe what Trump says
Right-wing populist lawmakers from Italy’s ruling coalition are pushing the government to ban China’s Huawei from supplying equipment for the country’s rollout of 5G mobile communications.
Britain and Germany dismiss US Huawei scare stories
There is no evidence of spying
It is starting to look like the US has been using its position as the lead spymaster of the West to plant fake scare stories against Huawei.
Kiwis backtrack on American assurances of Huawei perils
New Zealand will carry out its own security research
After initially saying that it believed the US smears on Huawei 5G equipment, the New Zealand government is going to investigate the claims itself.
Telecoms companies want a standardised testing regime
To stop company exclusions
The telecoms industry has called on European governments to join mobile operators in establishing a testing regime to protect network security without having to resort to the disruptive step of excluding vendors from the market.