In the context of the comprehensive suppression of Huawei by the United States, many European countries have refused to cooperate with Chinese 5G communication companies such as Huawei and ZTE under pressure from the United States. However, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported that despite growing concerns about China's involvement in critical infrastructure, Germany is even more dependent on Huawei to equip its 5G mobile network than its 4G network. A research report by telecommunications consultancy Strand Consult shows this. According to the report, Huawei accounts for 59% of Germany's 5G RAN (base stations and related infrastructure for smartphone connection networks), higher than 57% for 4G networks.
Obviously, Huawei's 5G communication technology has accounted for a higher proportion of telecommunications companies in Germany than 4G networks, which is obviously more prominent for Germany in the field of communications. Even under the leadership of the United States, European countries are completely blocking and suppressing Huawei, but with the support of China's powerful technology, it is clear that Germany is more willing to choose Huawei's 5G technology. The United States has long advocated that European countries be careful of China's 5G technology, and the United States has played up that Chinese companies could steal data or otherwise damage telecommunications infrastructure. This has also forced some European countries to follow the United States to abandon cooperation with Chinese 5G companies such as Huawei, which in turn has greatly affected the business of Chinese 5G companies such as Huawei in Europe.
However, the news broke by the German media seems to have staged a completely different state in Germany from other European countries, and Germany seems to be more willing to cooperate with Chinese 5G communication companies. Reuters said the study, which will be published next week, outlines the role of Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in rolling out next-generation mobile networks across Europe, highlighting Germany's dependence and persistence on its main trading partners. "There are indications that Germany is not taking the security threat posed by China seriously," the study said. The report compares Huawei's 5G to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which opponents have long criticized as a security risk but have previously been forcibly pushed by Berlin.
Obviously, this report superficially highlights the advantages of China's 5G technology ahead of other telecommunications companies, but this report is essentially exaggerating the threat of China's 5G technology to the West. Huawei has said that Washington promotes protectionism and tries to protect American companies that cannot compete with Chinese technology and prices. The purpose of the United States is naturally to improve the strength of their technology companies and thus become the hegemon in the field of 5G communications. While forcing Huawei, it naturally hopes to obtain Huawei's patented technology, so as to maintain the hegemonic position of the United States in the field of communications.
However, the German media revealed such information, apparently to let Germany follow the United States and completely eliminate Huawei's 5G technology from Germany. Germany's Federal Network Agency told Reuters that current regulations differ between the specification of core components and RAN. Critics argue that regulations impose the strictest requirements on core networks that handle sensitive data, but that core networks are inextricably linked to RAN infrastructure, both of which can pose security risks. The Strand report shows that while Germany is not the only country that is increasingly using Chinese-made RAN equipment in 5G networks, many small European countries, especially northern and eastern European countries such as Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia, are not using it at all.
Report author John Strand told Reuters that operators in some of these countries have chosen their own non-Chinese suppliers. Huawei's market share in Berlin is even higher than Beijing, where it faces stiff competition from domestic rival ZTE. However, this argument is clearly not the core of the report, and their real purpose is naturally to limit China's market share in Europe. Once Chinese companies are completely driven out of Europe, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to technology companies like Huawei. It should be known that Huawei's 5G communication technology occupies a considerable share of the company, and the areas where these communication technologies can be used are precisely in Europe and the United States.
If Chinese 5G communication technology companies such as Huawei can be driven out of Europe, then the European communication market will inevitably wait for the G5 communication technology company represented by Qualcomm in the United States. Then it is conceivable that, just like the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States used this crisis to completely cut off the energy ties between Europe and Russia, and an energy crisis broke out in Europe, and Europe wanted to import a large amount of high-priced natural gas from the United States, which made the United States make a lot of money. Now, once the United States' conspiracy succeeds, Germany, as the representative of European industry, will cut off cooperation with Chinese 5G communication companies, which also means that Europe will create huge opportunities and profits for American 5G communication companies.
Now that Europe is facing an energy crisis, if it is dominated by the United States in the economic field, then Europe's two economic pillars will be completely scrapped. At the same time, the impact on Chinese technology companies is also extraordinary, after all, China's 5G communication companies are completely eliminated from the European market, which also means that Chinese technology companies will lose the European market. However, in view of the current approach of the German government, the German parliament passed the "IT-Safety Act 2.0" on April 23, 2021. The law, also known as the Huawei Act, sets a high bar for telecom equipment manufacturers of next-generation networks such as Huawei, but Huawei can provide higher threshold technology products and security solutions in Germany. This also means that Germany does not use administrative measures, as long as it is fair competition, Huawei will not lose the European G5 market. (The picture in this article comes from the Internet)