Trump signs bill to help telecom firms replace Huawei equipment
President Donald Trump signed into law on Thursday a bill that provides $1 billion to help small telecom providers replace equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE. The U.S. government considers the Chinese companies a security risk and has pushed its allies not to use ...
Huawei and ZTE equipment use must be reported under FCC order
The Federal Communications Commission told U.S. telephone companies to report details on their use of equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., Chinese gear-makers accused by the Trump administration of posing a risk of espionage. The action is the next step in the FCC's ...
Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecom conference over coronavirus concerns
Amazon.com Inc. has pulled out of this month's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry's biggest gatherings, which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, Spain. "Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new ...
The U.S. government covertly moved to expel two officials from the Chinese Embassy earlier this year, after they drove onto a military base, the New York Times reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The newspaper reported www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/world/asia/us-china-spies.html on Sunday that one of the ...
AI surveillance proliferating, with China exporting tech to over 60 countries, report says
Chinese companies have exported artificial intelligence surveillance technology to more than 60 countries including Iran, Myanmar, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and others with dismal human rights records, according to a report by a U.S. think tank. With the technology involving facial recognition systems that the Communist Party ...
EU countries back tough line on 5G suppliers in potential blow to Huawei
EU countries on Friday endorsed a tough line for selecting 5G suppliers, including vetting the domestic legal framework to which they are subjected, potentially dealing a blow to telecoms equipment market leader Huawei Technologies. Ambassadors meeting in Brussels agreed to the approach, a spokeswoman for ...
Huawei and ZTE 'cannot be trusted' and pose security threat, U.S. attorney general says
Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. "cannot be trusted," U.S. Attorney General William Barr has said, labeling the Chinese firms a security threat as he backed a proposal to bar U.S. rural wireless carriers from tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment ...
FCC wants to know if Huawei gear is near U.S. military bases
U.S. officials plan to assess where equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. has been installed, and would be concerned if it's found near domestic military bases, the head of the Federal Communications Commission has said. The FCC also will consider how to finance removing equipment made ...
Japan's National Security Council launches economic team focusing on China and North Korea
Japan's National Security Council has launched a team in charge of economic affairs in response to alleged intellectual property violations and technology theft by China, as well as cyberattacks by North Korea. The grouping, currently comprised of 10 officials, is expected to be elevated to ...
U.S. formalizes ban on government contracts to Huawei, ZTE, other Chinese entities
The United States unveiled rules on Wednesday formally banning technology giant Huawei and four other Chinese firms from government contracts in the latest move in the countries' escalating trade war. The interim rule will preclude any U.S. federal agency from purchasing telecom or technology equipment ...
Huawei says Italy's new 5G powers discriminate against the firm
Chinese telecom equipment group Huawei Technologies criticized the Italian government's newly beefed-up powers to intervene in the development of fifth-generation (5G) telecom services, saying they discriminated against the company. Luigi De Vecchis, chairman of Huawei Italia, made the comment in a parliamentary hearing after the ...
Huawei fights to keep U.S. funds flowing to its rural mobile customers
China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the world's biggest telecom equipment maker, argued on Wednesday that Washington should scrap plans to prohibit wireless companies from using U.S. government funds to buy Huawei gear for their networks. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said in March 2018 ...
