In 2019, 5G became a mainstream topic and rebooted the discussion of the value that telecommunications brings to society including innovation, security, and inclusion. Consider the many transformations that the industry has delivered from the invention of the telephone. Today the digital world, including its businesses, the communications of individuals, and the operations of the public sector is predicated on the advanced infrastructure that the telecom industry provides.
Policymakers in the US and EU have today a lot of focus on communications network equipment from Chinese vendors.
I have published many research notes and reports to help telecom companies navigate a complex world.
I focused heavily on the problem of Chinese equipment in telecommunications networks. While the media has largely focused on Huawei, the discussion should be broadened to the many companies that are owned or affiliated with the Chinese government including but not limited to TikTok, Lexmark, Lenovo, TCL, and so on.
Here are some of my key research.
Roslyn Layton, PhD researches the risk presented by Chinese Government Technologies. These are products and services manufactured, marketed, and distributed by entities owned and affiliated with the People’s Republic of…
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew sat in the hot seat at a US House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee hearing for some 5 hours. However it seems that Congress…
Brendan Carr met with Taiwanese authorities for foreign, digital and telecom policy last week, the first Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner to do so in Taiwan. As the country accounts…
On August 26 the U.S. State Department announced the creation of an Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic region. It’s the right move as geopolitical challenges in the world’s coldest region heats…
For Strand Consult, it is increasingly clear that governments around the world will “outsource” significant cybersecurity responsibility to telecom operators. It is well known that the Chinese government has the…
The State of New York is a leader in many industries. The third largest economy in the country and the eleventh largest globally, New York is home to world’s financial…
Many have speculated on what a Biden presidency would mean for companies like Huawei and ZTE. Many articles are based on messages from the likes of Huawei’s Vice President Victor…
The media makes blow-by-blow coverage of US restrictions on sensitive technology trade with China, however it rarely covers China’s blockade of entire categories of foreign goods and services for decades….
It is the Constitutional responsibility for the US government to protect Americans’ security. Responding to Americans’ concerns of increasingly militarization by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Congress passed the…
Putting Huawei on the Entity List may have stopped it from licensing critical US technology, but Huawei is seeking to earn revenue in other ways. Huawei filed patent infringement claims…
While the media focuses on U.S. policy restricting Huawei, the Chinese-military backed provider of telecommunications equipment, the company is not the only security threat from China. Data—what, how, and where…