The Internet may end up under government control
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A government-supervised "national operator" is set to take control of the internet and mobile telephony. The currently existing GSM networks will be able to provide services only through it. Similar solutions are already in place in Russia, South Korea, and Arab countries.
Signals about the proposed change can be found in the subsequent amendments to the government's cyber security act, which has been being processed for several years. The amendment added on October 12 creates an entity called "Strategic Safety Network Operator". It is to be a one-person state-owned company that is also a telecommunications operator. For OSSB, the project reserves the frequencies of the most modern 5G cellular network.
This means that all telephony networks operating in Poland (Plus, T-Mobile, Orange, and Play), in order to be able to fully provide the fastest 5G internet throughout the country (without the so-called white spots), will have to use the intermediation of this operator. Without it, they will not be able to reach. He, in turn, will have the ability to fully control what data operators - i.e. their customers - send, and even where they are. Moreover, the national operator is being prepared to take over the intermediation in supplying all frequencies on which private telecoms operate today.
