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Post by Admin on Jul 2, 2020 12:32:24 GMT
FCC Blocks Huawei, ZTE From Lucrative American Markets
In a move that will essentially cut Huawei off from a critical US market: the smaller, more rural-focused telecoms providers who rely on cheap Huawei components to maintain its wireless infrastructure. According to Bloomberg, the FCC has designated Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese telecoms giants, as national security threats. The renewed pressure on both Huawei and ZTE from the FCC comes as the Commerce Department, State Department and the White House engage in a multilayered strategy to encourage US allies to block Huawei from providing components to their new 5G wireless networks, warning that the company creates vulnerabilities that can be exploited by the CCP. Previously, the Trump Administration has tried to block both companies from either buying chips produced in the US and/or made with US technology. Here's more on the decision from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
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Post by Admin on Jul 2, 2020 12:50:30 GMT
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (/ˈhwɑːˌweɪ/; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: About this soundHuáwéi) is a Chinese multinational technology company. It provides telecommunications equipment and sells consumer electronics, smartphones[4] and is headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former Deputy Regimental Chief in the People's Liberation Army. Initially focused on manufacturing phone switches, Huawei has expanded its business to include building telecommunications networks, providing operational and consulting services and equipment to enterprises inside and outside of China, and manufacturing communications devices for the consumer market.
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Although successful internationally, Huawei has faced difficulties in some markets, due to claims of undue state support, links to the People's Liberation Army, and cybersecurity concerns—primarily from the United States government—that Huawei's infrastructure equipment may enable surveillance by the Chinese government.With the development of 5G wireless networks, there have been calls from the U.S. to prevent the use of products by Huawei or fellow Chinese telecommunications company ZTE by the U.S. and its allies. Huawei has argued that its products posed "no greater cybersecurity risk" than those of any other vendor and that there is no evidence of the U.S. espionage claims. Questions regarding Huawei's ownership and control as well as concerns regarding the extent of state support also remain. Huawei has also been accused of assisting in the surveillance and mass detention of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang re-education camps.
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