Finland and the US want to work together on 6G – EURACTIV.com

Finland and the United States signed a joint declaration on cooperation in the field of advanced wireless communications in Helsinki on Friday. This is how the “free world” wants to go without China.

After the signing in the Helsinki City Council, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (the Greens) and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken commented on the signing.

The United States will work with allies and partners to “mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars to fund high-quality infrastructure in countries that need it most,” Blinken said.

He added that the construction would be carried out with “transparency.”

The official statement said that cooperation between Finland and the United States in the areas of scientific research, standardization and technology development aims to “create a common global approach towards sustainable, competitive, safe, trustworthy and vendor-neutral 6G technologies.”

in conversation with Helsinki Sanomat Haavisto did not hesitate to mention China. In the statement, which focuses more on cooperation between the United States and Finland, this reference was omitted.

Haavisto said the United States and Finland want a 6G system that is “democratic, transparent, and respectful of human rights.”

He added, “China is a major trading partner for both the United States and Finland, but especially after the coronavirus, we saw these negative dependencies.”

According to Risto EJ Penttilä, CEO of Nordic West, a global affairs advisory firm and think tank, the agreement has far-reaching global implications.

“6G is part of NATO’s global strategy and vision for the future. According to this, the free world and democracies must have reliable technology and a reliable 6G network” MTV3.

He pointed out that this technology can be provided by the Finns and the Swedes, which means that there is no need to rely on Chinese technology.

“This is part of the great global game between China and the United States, in which Finland and Sweden play an important role,” Pentella said.