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The law provides the Security Police and the Armed Forces an opportunity to comment on security requirements in consultation with the Swedish Post and Telecommunications Agency, which is auctioning 5G licenses. That is what has happened now before the 5G auction in November.
– Thus, we obtain a much more secure 5G network than would have been the case with the previous legislation, Anders Ygeman tells the TT news agency.
Do you see Chinese companies as a threat to the security of Sweden?
– This is an assessment that must be made by our security authorities. They have stated in previous reports that there is espionage against Sweden, but that is the assessment of the authorities, says Ygeman and continues:
– Sweden’s legislation does not target an individual country or individual company.
Säpo: We cannot compromise on the security of Sweden
However, Säpo CEO Klas Friberg is more specific in his comment.
The Chinese state is conducting cyber espionage to promote its own economic development and develop its military capabilities. This is done through extensive intelligence gathering and technology theft, research and development. This is what we need to keep in mind when building the 5G network of the future. We cannot compromise on the security of Sweden, ”he writes.
Anna Beckius, head of the spectrum analysis unit at PTS, develops the rationale for the threat from China.
According to her, it is not that Huawei and ZTE technology makes Sweden technically vulnerable.
-It is about exposure to the legal system of another state. Based on that, it has been seen that it should get rid of the Huawei dependency, but also other dependencies abroad, Anna Beckius tells TT.
I hope Ericsson is not affected
Digitization Minister Ygeman hopes that high security requirements will not make China respond by excluding Ericsson.
– China is and will be an important trading partner for Sweden, says Anders Ygeman.
