Almost 50 countries, 170 telephone firms and many of the world’s leading companies have joined the United States’ Clean Network proposal.

“It includes 27 of 30 NATO allies, 31 of 37 OECD members, 26 of 27 EU members, and 11 of 12 of the Three Seas nations,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said in Washington.

The Clean Network initiative is aimed at promoting, in the context of 5G and other new technologies, a safe and transparent environment compatible with democratic values and fundamental freedoms.

United States’ Clean Network proposal aims to build a global digital alliance that excludes technology that Washington sees as manipulated by China’s Communist government.