Telefónica do not know the scope of the "Clean Network" agreement

The Association of Communication and Technology Companies (Comtec) reported that it is waiting to receive the Clean Network agreement, from the hands of the Dominican authorities, to know its scope and evaluate the eventual impact of its implementation in the operational context of the sector of telecommunications.

Regarding the implications of the sector after the signing of the Red Limpia agreement signed by the Dominican State with the United States, the executive director of Comtec, an entity that brings together the main telecommunications service providers in the country, said that they cannot know it.

Claudia García, executive director of Comtec, stated that neither the association nor its membership are aware of the terms and conditions of the Red Limpia agreement. Comtec groups together the providers Claro, Altice and Wind Telecom, as well as two infrastructure holders.

During his recent visit to the country, the Undersecretary of State of the United States of America, Keirh Krach, together with the Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez, signed the Dominican Republic to join the group of more than 50 nations that make up the Clean Network. This network also includes 170 clean telecommunications companies and a high number of global high-tech companies. The signatory countries are committed to protecting their networks so that 5G technology does not become a threat to their national security systems.

According to an official document published by the US embassy in the country, both Krach and Foreign Minister Álvarez agreed to secure telecommunication infrastructures and guarantee the supply chain of secure technologies, based on reliable digital technology standards accepted internationally.

United States vs. the People's Republic of China

Currently, the 5G technology coming from the People's Republic of China, through the companies Huawei and ZTE, which have been the target of criticism from the Government of President Donald Trump that it considers is not reliable or has not agreed to use reliable providers. Trump recently indicated that the Clean Network seeks to ensure that private information does not end up in the hands of the Communist Party of China. The Clean Network uses neither transmission nor unreliable storage of Huawei and ZTE information technology.

The United States Undersecretary of State said in the country that the participation of the Dominican Republic in the Clean Network paves the way for increased investment by the US private sector and strengthens mutual guarantees for partners in the region and other parts of the world like-minded.

Foreign Minister Álvarez, according to the document from the US embassy in the country, said that it is critical that data traveling through the 5G infrastructure of the Dominican Republic is secure.

Signatory countries include Albania, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and the United States.