BERLIN -- Germany will discuss standards for fifth-generation mobile networks with the U.S., Chancellor Angela Merkel says, after Washington threatened to stop sharing critical intelligence if Berlin allowed China's Huawei Technologies to help build the European country's 5G infrastructure.
"We will create our own standards independently," Merkel told reporters Tuesday, but she added that Germany would "consult with the U.S." as well as other European nations. Security represents an "extremely serious concern" in the development of the advanced communication technology, the chancellor said.
