China 'blackmailing' India into using Huawei for its 5G infra: US lawmaker
China
is "blackmailing" India into using Huawei
for its 5G
infrastructure,
an influential US Congressman alleged Tuesday, even as Beijing hoped
that New Delhi will not succumb to any pressure from America.
The
US has banned Huawei, the world leader in telecom equipment and the
number two smartphone producer, over concerns of security, and
Washington has been putting pressure on other countries to restrict
the operations of the Chinese telecom firm.The Trump administration has been asking all its allies and friends, including India, to block the entry of Huawei from using their 5G infrastructure, which is a next generation cellular technology with download speeds stated to be 10 to 100 times faster than the current 4G LTE networks.
"China is now blackmailing India into using Huawei for its 5G infrastructure they know no bounds!" Congressman Jim Banks said.
The 5G networking standard is seen as critical because it can support the next generation of mobile devices in addition to new applications like driverless cars.
The Chinese Communist Party "moves to strong-arming countries into exposing themselves to surveillance and espionage", he alleged.
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