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| Britain |
| China offers aid to Britain. |
| 2011-02-20 |
| Passengers travelling on the London Underground could soon be using their mobile phones to make calls and send text messages. Chinese telecoms company Huawei has offered to install a £50m phone network in the Underground as a gift from one Olympic nation to another. The idea is being backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson but security chiefs fear the move could increase the risk of terrorism. 'In the event of a terrorist attack, putting a mobile network on the underground would be extremely helpful,' said Patrick Mercer MP and former chairman of the counter-terrorism subcommittee. 'But it absolutely answers a terrorist's prayers -- to be able to detonate devices on the Underground.' According to the Sunday Times mobile transmitters would be installed along the ceilings of tunnels so that commuters can make and receive calls for the first time on the Underground. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Heck, regardless of who installs it, the parts and sub-assembles are most likely going to be coming from China anyway. You think they're going to do a line by line examination of the micro code? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-20 15:07 |
| #1 Beware of ChiTelecoms |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-02-20 13:47 |