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What Huawei and China’s New IP proposal is all about

If Huawei's New IP proposal is accepted, the architecture of the internet and how devices access it will fundamentally change. With China's backing and support from the state-run telcos China Unicom and China Mobile, Huawei is pitching to create a new internet protocol (IP). Internet Protocols are standards that all devices on the internet use to communicate with each other. The proposal to revamp IP is being pushed for at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), according to the Financial Times, which was first to report documents outlining the proposal in March. China's pitch is that the internet today is not ready to efficiently handle networks with futuristic devices and services that use a lot of data. It says that there is a need to revamp the protocols and systems that the internet relies on. In return, Huawei argues, the internet's plumbing will be smarter and consume less power and resources, while being more secure. Sceptics of the proposal like Mozilla and ISOC have argued that the proposal is not necessary and entails huge costs, while leaving questions unanswered on what the impact on civil rights and surveillance would be. New IP will come up for discussion at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly in Hyderabad next February. The assembly, which will be key for Huawei and China's plans for New IP, was originally scheduled for November, but got delayed. The idea of a New IP was earlier briefly floated in a Huawei "vision document" made available by the ITU in 2018.…

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