# European 5G Infrastructure, Huawei, and Digital Sovereignty

DevFeed: [European 5G Infrastructure, Huawei, and Digital Sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5g-the-outsourced-elephant-in-the-room-36236.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/5g-elephant-in-the-room/>)

Published: 2020-01-20T14:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [5G](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/5g.md>), [national security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/national-security.md>), [huawei](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/huawei.md>), [digital sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-sovereignty.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>)

Tags: [5g](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/5g.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [digital-autonomy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-autonomy.md>), [digital-sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-sovereignty.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [huawei](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/huawei.md>), [national-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/national-security.md>), [outsourcing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outsourcing.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article argues that Europe has already lost significant control over telecommunications infrastructure and should work to regain it. It discusses concerns about Huawei equipment for 5G, including surveillance, service availability during conflict, and digital sovereignty.

## Source excerpt

This article is part of a series on (European) innovation and capabilities. In a break from the usual GPS/Galileo, DNA and C++ posts, here is a bit on 5G and national security. It turns out that through PowerDNS and its parent company Open-Xchange, we know a lot about how large scale European communication service providers work - most of whom are our customers in some way. In addition, in a previous life I worked in national security and because of that I have relevant knowledge of how governments (your own and foreign ones) "interact" with telecommunication providers.