Spanish.- The race for the development of 6G technology promises to be as tense as all other aspects encompassing the competition between the United States and China. Although in November 2020, the Red Dragon sent “the world’s first experimental 6G satellite” into space, it’s only now that Washington has signed an agreement with nine other nations to develop next-generation wireless networks, which will be 50 times faster than 5G.
The key to that document is that signatories are asked to develop “reliable technology that protects national security.” They also emphasize safeguarding privacy in compliance with global standards. Thus, the U.S., Czech Republic, Canada, Sweden, South Korea, UK, Australia, France, Japan, and Finland want to ensure that Chinese tentacles do not spy on or steal information from 6G wireless technology.
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6G is estimated to be available to the public by 2030. And so far, it’s known to offer the opportunity to download 2000 high-quality movies in one second. Not bad in terms of technological evolution, but it’s still worrying to think about what authoritarian regimes like China can do with it, given their Great Firewall imposes maximum censorship and content regulation within the country.
Can they stop China’s advancement?
The text of the new international agreement includes companies like AT&T in the United States, Samsung in South Korea, Nokia in Finland, Ericsson in Sweden, as reported by the South China Morning Post. However, the list excludes China. That’s why, although not explicitly mentioned, Xi Jinping’s communism is also left out of the pact.
Years ago, former President Donald Trump imposed a series of sanctions on Huawei for the espionage risk of the leading Chinese company in 5G. Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the UK followed suit in this decision and, in turn, banned Huawei’s participation in their networks; last year, Costa Rica also followed this pattern. All due to espionage concerns, hence the decision surrounding the upcoming 6G technology.
The prevailing question is, can these countries really curb Chinese technological expansionism and safeguard their information? Probably not. Electric vehicles, phones, computers, and countless devices are manufactured worldwide with raw materials from China. In 2022, the Asian giant accounted for 70% of rare earth mining production, up from 58% in 2021, according to data from the Financial Times. Many minerals necessary for manufacturing components or the well-known microchips are extracted from there.
Moreover, the country has years of experience in these extraction and manufacturing processes, which means that pro-Western nations want to protect their national security at the expense of technologies that will rely on the workforce of their biggest adversary. It’s a tough circle to break. Furthermore, the latter “leads the world in the number of base stations, connected devices, and patents.”
So, while signatory nations of this new agreement may aspire to a utopia, the Chinese regime is already monitoring its new satellite in low Earth orbit to test 6G architecture. According to media serving Chinese communism, with tracking, it will allow “greater signal coverage of telecommunications in terrestrial mobile networks.”