Source: Daily Maverick By Peter Fabricius • 15 June 2020 Senior American official says China is using Huawei to export its ‘surveillance state’. The US government has warned South Africa that it is risking the security of its most sensitive information and data by using the 5G telecoms infrastructure of the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.  The...Read More

Jamie McKane 12 June 2020 Rain aims to greatly accelerate the rollout of its 5G network in South Africa, according to an investment update issued by African Rainbow Capital (ARC). In its update, ARC said that Rain has been making good progress with its network rollout and has shown continued growth despite the COVID-19 pandemic....Read More

The U.S. government today took another step to protect U.S. national security and the integrity of 5G networks by expanding the Commerce Department’s foreign direct product rule to restrict Huawei from circumventing U.S. law. We will not tolerate efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to undermine the privacy of our citizens or the integrity of...Read More

  Source: https://www.huawei.com/za/press-events/news/za/rain-launches-intelligent-5g-transport-network [Johannesburg, South Africa, November 27, 2019] South African mobile data network operator, Rain has launched its intelligent 5G transport network in partnership with Huawei. Transport networks can be thought of as the “neural networks” that connect core networks to services. Rain’s CTO Gustav Schoeman says, “With Huawei’s E2E solutions and new products,...Read More

Source: Telecompaper https://www.telecompaper.com/news/us-govt-invites-comments-on-procedures-for-ban-on-ict-firms-that-pose-a-security-threat–1317724?utm_source=headlines_-_english&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27-11-2019&utm_content=textlink Wednesday 27 November 2019 | 09:17 CET | News The US Department of Commerce is inviting comments on the procedures its office should follow to enforce Executive Order 13873, signed by President Trump in May to ban US companies from doing business with firms that could pose a threat to national security. The...Read More

Excerpts only, for the full article please see: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/cloud-hosting/328531-the-future-of-data-centres-in-africa.html?source=newsletter Sanjay Kumar Sainani, SVP & CTO of Huawei’s Global Data Center Business: Modern data centre design Sainani explained that modern data centres are designed and built quite differently from just a few years ago. “If you were to ask an IT manager what systems he needs...Read More

Hudson Institute Streamed live on Nov 14, 2019 The onset of 5G wireless technology will transform how we use the Internet and interact with other technologies, from the smart grid and AI to driverless cars. The United States and China are engaged in a global struggle for 5G supremacy. The Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei...Read More

According to MyBroadband (5 November 2019), David Chen, VP of Huawei’s Southern African Region, said that South Africa’s current site approval systems might not be able to cope with the expected large volumes of 5G site applications. For this reason, Chen believes that the site application process will need to be automated, and this needs...Read More

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-08/europe-s-5g-risk-report-warns-of-hostile-state-takeover EU sees supply chain risk in technologies from non-EU states Commission calls on states to avoid single supplier for 5G The European Union will warn against a nightmare scenario whereby hackers or hostile states assume control of everything from electricity grids to police communications and even home appliances, in a report assessing the security risks...Read More

EMFSA’s August 2019 Newsletter can be viewed at:  https://mailchi.mp/b55f8ead9e08/emfnews “FOR THE SAFER USE OF TECHNOLOGY”Read More