The US on Thursday urged “like-minded Governments” from the European Union to be cautious and coordinate their policies on 5G network security in light of suspicions over the system proposed by Chinese giant Huawei.
“Only with the leadership of like-minded countries we’ll be able to develop and deploy and manage secure and reliable 5G communications infrastructures,” said Joshua Steinman, a special cyber security assistant to US President Donald Trump.
Speaking at a conference in Prague organised by the Czech government, he singled out national security as “a mandatory criterion in evaluating suppliers of information and communication technologies, products and services.”
Steinman was echoed by Julian King, an EU commissioner in charge of the Security Union, who spoke in a video message screened at the conference.