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I don't think it's about the standard. It's about Qualcomm making most modems and about who owns Qualcomm. The US government worries that 90% of the modems will
by mtgx 9y ago
I don't think it's about the standard. It's about Qualcomm making most modems and about who owns Qualcomm. The US government worries that 90% of the modems will be produced by China (Broadcom/Qualcomm + Huawei + ZTE).
I think this should absolutely be a concern for US national security. But I also think there's something they're not telling us here. A lot of this sounds like the US government may already have its own backdoors in Qualcomm modems, and they don't want to give that up.
Whether that's real or not, the #1 concern is still that China would be able to backdoor any wireless equipment in the US from factory.
I don't see any reason why that shouldn't be taken seriously, especially when China requires by law backdoors in Chinese products and services.
- test001only 9y ago> The US government worries that 90% of the modems will be produced by China (Broadcom/Qualcomm + Huawei + ZTE). How is modems produced by Broadcom/Qualcomm categorized as being produced by China? Broadcom is currently headquartered in Singapore and apparently already in the process of moving it to US.
- someguydave 9y agoI suspect USG’s real concern is that the Broadcom CEO will tell them to bring lots of money or screw off when USG comes a-knockin’ for special favors.
- zebrafish 9y agoBroadcom wants to kill this part of QCOM's business allowing for Chinese companies to fill the void.
- pertymcpert 9y agoThe article makes it clear that the problem is not what Broadcom will do, but what they won't do.