Western allies form 6G security coalition amid tech rivalry with China

(Alexander Martin – The Record) A group of Western and Indo-Pacific nations launched a coalition on Tuesday aimed at shaping the security foundations of next-generation 6G mobile networks, as China accelerates its own research and investment in the technology. The Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT) — comprising the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Japan and Australia, with Sweden and Finland joining at the launch — unveiled voluntary security and resilience principles for the technology at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. Drawing on lessons from the global rollout of 5G, the non-binding principles aim to ensure that future 6G networks are “secure by design” and resilient from the outset rather than retrofitted with protections later. – Western allies form 6G security coalition amid tech rivalry with China | The Record from Recorded Future News