US Blocks Huawei From Building LTE Network 156
An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. government has cited national security as a reason not to let Chinese company Huawei build an LTE public safety network. They're worried about Huawei's close ties to the Chinese government and the threat of any devices Huawei manufactures being bugged. Of course, whoever gets the contract is going to be manufacturing their devices in China anyway, but it looks like a Chinese company won't be allowed to deploy the infrastructure."
Huawei was in the news in Europe as well... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:US Blocks Huawei From Building LTE Network (Score:2, Interesting)
Actually...you should note that it's more of a national security issue. China's not on the US' friend list. They're not really on anyone's when you get to brass tacks. By law, things that are National Security related can only be allowed by companies affiliated with countries that're our allies and the countries themselves that're our allies. This is pretty much standard for ANY country, including China. Do you think they'd let us build out a similar infrastructure if they weren't able to do it themselves because of their tinkering with their economy like we did back several decades back? If you think they would, I've got some nifty oceanside property on the Florida coast to sell you.
Re:US Blocks Huawei From Building LTE Network (Score:4, Interesting)
Cheap anti american b.s.
They are banned by the UK & India, their "employees" were caught red-handed trying to steal info in Indonesia & India.
Not to mention that they usually copy products from rivals such as Cisco.
Seriously, have you any idea what a threat the Chinese government poses to the world? even though they love money now, the country is still run by totalitarian freaks. Do you think anyone at a Chinese corporation can stand up to the Chinese intelligence agencies and say "no"?
Re:Occupy America! (Score:4, Interesting)
The intelligence services of a few countries have found ties between Huawei and the Chinese military and intelligence services. Currently, the Chinese are the biggest spy threat to the US. Not allowing this company to build our communications infrastructure sounds like a reasonable, safe decision.
Re:They never really mean it (Score:4, Interesting)
"costs to feed and transport this border protection force would be on the scale of a major war."
Given just the cost of transporting fuel in Afghanistan moving the troops there to the Mexican border would probably be on the scale of a minor police action and not a major war.
Move some bases down there and do boot camp on the border.
Tunnels can be detected (to a point where they'd have to dig too deep to be practical) if anyone bothers to put the devices and manpower in and flights over the border would make for cheap gunnery practice.
As for people starving, NPR interviewed a tomato farmer all upset that his illegals were fleeing some new laws, illegals that had skills the local work force lacks, hmm, sounds like the job for a work visa, of course, they wouldn't be cheap illegals then.
Re:Obligitory (Score:3, Interesting)
after stuxnet? :)
Totally feasible, would slashdot feel better if they were excluding muslims rather than the Chinese? :)