Washington sources have reported that President Donald Trump's national security team is currently looking at options to counter the threat of China spying on US phone calls that include the government building a super fast 5G wireless network. Meanwhile a senior administration official said after confirming the gist of a report from Axios.com said the option was being debated at a low level in the administration and was six to eight months away from being considered by the president himself.
According to sources the 5G network concept is aimed at addressing what officials see as China's threat to US cyber security and economic security. Presently the Trump administration has taken a harder line on policies initiated by predecessor Barack Obama on issues ranging from Beijing's role in restraining North Korea to Chinese efforts to acquire US strategic industries.
Earlier sources said January AT&T was
forced to scrap a plan to offer its customers handsets built by China's Huawei
after some members of Congress lobbied against the idea with federal
regulators. Further Accenture has estimated that wireless operators will invest
as much as USD 275 billion in the United States over seven years as they build
out 5G.
