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> still plans to use the Chinese company's phone mast antennas and other products deemed not to be at the "core" of the service. So apparently phone masts aren
by kennydude 8y ago
> still plans to use the Chinese company's phone mast antennas and other products deemed not to be at the "core" of the service.
So apparently phone masts aren't "core" to a _phone network_?
- LeoPanthera 8y agoI'm going to assume that stuff that doesn't have software in it is probably trustworthy. It's hard to backdoor a metal pole.
- noselasd 8y agoIt likely refers to the technical definition of the core of a telco network, see e.g. the evolved packet core part of a 4g/lte network https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6dt9xVMvtB8/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6dt9xVMvtB8/maxresdefault.jpg , of which the eNodeb's ("phone masts") are not part of. At least for 4g some layers of the control plane and all the user plane data are encrypted when passed through the eNodeb's. Albeit an eNodeb can probably do a lot of nefarious things if it wants to. Or they mean literally just the phone masts and antennas - which are just inert components.
- kennydude 8y agoThat makes more sense. Cheers :)