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> Given well-known U.S. national security concerns about Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications companies, a shift to Chinese dominance in 5G would have su

> Given well-known U.S. national security concerns about Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications companies, a shift to Chinese dominance in 5G would have substantial negative national security consequences for the United States. I have a question about this. If the US government believes Chinese dominance in standard would be a threat to US national security would it not be fair to assume the opposite is true? Would US dominance in standard setting would pose a threat to other countries' national security?

coldacid 9y ago
Perhaps, but if that's the case, isn't it better for a democratic nation to be a risk to a dictatorship's national security rather than the other way around? Better America be dominant than China or Russia.
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xkjkls 9y ago
If you're from a country that is not allied with the United States, I'm certain they would agree with that. There's a reason the Russians and Iranians aren't clamoring to buy our products.
caconym_ 9y ago
Yes. Countries like the US, China and Russia don't just divide up the pie evenly and agree to play nice. At least this move is relatively out in the open. I don't know enough about this domain to really judge the article's reasoning (though it was certainly an interesting read), but as a US citizen, if our government held the interests of foreign powers equal to our own in its decision-making process, I'd be very concerned. Actually, something along these lines has been in the news a lot since Trump took office.
wyldfire 9y ago
Interestingly, the rationale put forth by QCOM and the gov't is not that foreign governments would control the technology. It's that Broadcom has a habit of executing cost cutting measures. I think they may have even made public claims about spinning off QCOM's licensing business if acquired. The claim is that this would effectively reduce investment in wireless tech innovation by US companies. This would make foreign investment more effective/more likely to dominate.
wbl 9y ago
Microwave technology has some applications outside of communications. The issue is a Qualcomm buyer will likely move the R&D and hence the trained engineers to their shores.

coldacid 9y ago

Perhaps, but if that's the case, isn't it better for a democratic nation to be a risk to a dictatorship's national security rather than the other way around? Better America be dominant than China or Russia.

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xkjkls 9y ago

If you're from a country that is not allied with the United States, I'm certain they would agree with that. There's a reason the Russians and Iranians aren't clamoring to buy our products.

caconym_ 9y ago

Yes. Countries like the US, China and Russia don't just divide up the pie evenly and agree to play nice. At least this move is relatively out in the open. I don't know enough about this domain to really judge the article's reasoning (though it was certainly an interesting read), but as a US citizen, if our government held the interests of foreign powers equal to our own in its decision-making process, I'd be very concerned. Actually, something along these lines has been in the news a lot since Trump took office.

wyldfire 9y ago

Interestingly, the rationale put forth by QCOM and the gov't is not that foreign governments would control the technology. It's that Broadcom has a habit of executing cost cutting measures. I think they may have even made public claims about spinning off QCOM's licensing business if acquired. The claim is that this would effectively reduce investment in wireless tech innovation by US companies. This would make foreign investment more effective/more likely to dominate.

wbl 9y ago

Microwave technology has some applications outside of communications. The issue is a Qualcomm buyer will likely move the R&D and hence the trained engineers to their shores.