[LINK] Blocking Huawei from Australia means slower and delayed 5G – and for what?

[Kim Holburn]

https://theconversation.com/blocking-huawei-from-australia-means-slower-and-delayed-5g-and-for-what-117507

> The United States and Australia are deliberately restricting the place of Chinese telco Huawei in their telecommunications landscapes.
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> We’re told these changes will be worth it from a security point of view.
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> But Huawei infrastructure is already ubiquitous in telecommunications networks, and we have other avenues available to us if we’re concerned about cybersecurity.
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> In the end, halting involvement of Huawei in Australia will be felt directly by customers. We will have to be satisfied with below-par 5G internet speeds and delayed service rollouts.
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> And we probably won’t be able to use Google Play on Huawei smart phones after 2020.
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> 5G is a mobile phone network that promises top speeds, especially in highly populated areas. Australia has been expecting the network to be broadly up and running by around 2020 – there is limited availability in some central business districts right now.
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> Top 5G speeds can reach up to 10 gigabits per second, 20 times faster than 4G. This means movie downloads in a matter of seconds – as opposed to minutes with 4G. A mobile phone, gaming laptop or smart TV can communicate with a 5G network at a response speed of 1 millisecond, as opposed to 30 milliseconds with 4G.
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> Huawei, the world’s biggest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, is leading the 5G race. The Chinese company is around 12 months ahead of its competitors Nokia and Ericsson.

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> Huawei has been involved in providing 3G and 4G services in Australia since 2004



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