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The world continues to collide between the two superpowers, China and the United States. The theme of the implementation of 5G communication technology for several months has been the ping-pong ball between these two countries. However, in between, other nations and companies are being affected and attacked. Now, according to the statements of the United States ambassador, Portugal has to choose who it wants as a strategic partner. If Huawei goes ahead with 5G and the construction of the Sines terminal is handed over to a Chinese company, the country will lose US strategic support.
Technology has been at the center of the increasingly complicated relationship between the Trump administration and Xi Jinping.
United States of America threatens Portugal
The United States Ambassador to Portugal, George Glass, in an interview with the newspaper Expresso, threatens to change the relationship with Portugal in Security and Defense. In the words of the ambassador, it refers to Huawei's entry into the supply of 5G technology to communications companies in the country.
In addition, the diplomat assures that if the Chinese won the Sines terminal, the US natural gas will have to look for other alternatives.
Although there are several points to which the Americans point, for Portugal the warning was simple, in the auction of 5G technology "you must choose now" between the ally or the commercial partner, the US or China.
Implementation of 5G technology in Portugal
The 5G spectrum auction has been discussed since 2019, it was designated at the time of April 2020 for its realization. However, due to the pandemic and the implementation of the state of emergency, the telecommunications regulator suspended the process. Later, last July, the process was resumed with the conclusion of the public consultation procedure for the draft auction regulations.
Thus, the auction will begin in October 2020, and will close in December 2020. This means that the completion of Frequency use rights (DUF) will only apply in January or February 2021.
The public consultation of the draft auction regulations for the allocation of rights to use frequencies for 5G and other relevant bands (700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.6 GHz), which ended in early July, received about 500 contributions.
Second e Expresso, telecommunications companies have already said that they would not have Huawei at the center [no núcleo/backbone do sistema]. However, they may have Huawei technology in radio transmissions. [nas antenas e distribuição do sinal]. However, for the ambassador it seems to be all or nothing. I mean, the United States wants it to be as it was in the United Kingdom. Initially, the UK opposed the US strategy and implemented 5G technology, allowing Huawei to play a role in the "non-essential" parts of the 5G network. However, in July, the government announced that the company's entire kit would have to be retired by 2027.
George Glass announced that it is very important to know that 5G encompasses everything and whoever is at the center or on the network is within the system. So he made it clear that the United States prefers “no equipment” from Huawei on the 5G network.
US Ambassador George Glass with Santos Silva, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal.
What will happen to Portugal if it chooses the Chinese trading partner?
China is currently an important partner of Portugal. As is known, there are many strategic interests in the national territory where Chinese companies have leveraged the national economy. However, according to the Expresso interview, if Portugal chooses to work with China, the US will consider Portugal as a country without a reliable telecommunications network. Therefore, as a "consequence", this will change the way the Americans will interact with Portugal in terms of security and defense.
In addition to Huawei, the ambassador also took on other interests where the United States will reconsider working with Portugal through close cooperation with Chinese companies. In the question posed, the "question for the final prize of the store":
Q: When you say that Portugal has to make a decision, is it a threat? What would the consequences be?
A: There is no threat. The threat comes from China ...
In short, as we have seen the development of this relationship between the United States and China, it will force us to choose. In this insipid forced election, whose side should Portugal be on? Santos Silva responds to the United States ambassador: "The one who makes the decisions is Portugal."
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