U.S. plans to create a 5G rival to Huawei “would be a challenge,” Huawei CTO Paul Scanlan declared, noting that technical standards and actual implementation of 5G have taken about 10 years to create.
“That’s a very very long game and that has its own sort of complexity built into (it),” he added.
The U.S. has been considering providing over $1B to invest in Western-based 5G alternatives, while Larry Kudlow has said the “big-picture concept is to have all of the US 5G architecture and infrastructure done by American firms, principally.”
New Mexico sues Google over school kids’ data
New Mexico is suing Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) over its Google Education platform, alleging that the software collects young students’ personal information without the required parental consent.
Google called the allegations “factually wrong,” while spokesman Jose Castaneda clarified that “G Suite for Education allows schools to control account access and requires that schools obtain parental consent when necessary.”
According to Futuresource Consulting, Google has captured about 60% of the school device market by distributing its low-cost Chromebooks.
Google, state AGs settle on outside consultants – CNBC
Google (GOOG,GOOGL) has reached an agreement with the consortium of state AGs about outside consultants working on the antitrust probe, according to CNBC sources.
The settlement is pending in a Texas court and will allow the consultants to continue working for the AGs, but only under certain confidentiality requirements.
Earlier today, WSJ sources reported that Google was resisting turning over requested documents to the state investigators. Google had concerns that the outside consultants could leak sensitive information to the tech giant’s rivals.
