Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks, Zeit Online reports
1 year, 9 months ago

Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks, Zeit Online reports

Firstpost  

Germany passed an IT security law in 2021 setting high hurdles for makers of telecommunications equipment for next-generation networks, but stopping short of banning Huawei and ZTE as some other countries have done. Berlin: Germany’s government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper Zeit Online wrote on Monday. The ban could include components already built into the networks, requiring operators to remove and replace them, Zeit Online wrote, citing government sources. Zeit Online said the government’s cybersecurity agency and interior ministry had for months been checking if there were components in the growing 5G networks that could put German security at risk.

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Some Chinese government employees banned from using Apple devices: Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Some Chinese government employees banned from using Apple devices: Report

The Hindu  

September 07, 2023 12:22 pm | Updated 01:37 pm IST Some Chinese government bodies have banned their employees from using Apple’s iPhone and other foreign devices for work purposes, reported Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. The extent of the policy is not yet clear, but it reportedly applied to some central government agencies where employees were told …

EU Says China's Huawei, ZTE Pose Risk to Bloc Security
1 year, 6 months ago

EU Says China's Huawei, ZTE Pose Risk to Bloc Security

News 18  

Chinese telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE pose a risk to the EU’s security, the European Commission warned Thursday, as it announced it will no longer use services that rely on the companies. “The commission considers that Huawei and ZTE represent in fact materially higher risks than other 5G suppliers,” the EU’s executive arm said in a statement. The EU’s internal …

EU considers mandatory ban on using Huawei to build 5G
1 year, 6 months ago

EU considers mandatory ban on using Huawei to build 5G

The Hindu  

The European Union is considering a mandatory ban on member-states using companies that might pose a security risk in their 5G networks, including China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd., the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. In a meeting last Friday, the EU's internal market commissioner Thierry Breton informed telecoms ministers that only a third of EU countries had implemented Huawei bans …

Germany moves toward restrictions on Huawei, as Europe sours on China
1 year, 9 months ago

Germany moves toward restrictions on Huawei, as Europe sours on China

NPR  

Germany moves toward restrictions on Huawei, as Europe sours on China Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Mark Schiefelbein/AP BERLIN — Germany's government said Tuesday it is carrying out a review of tech suppliers such as China's Huawei and ZTE, whose equipment is used in Germany's 5G networks. Mao urged Prague to "take immediate and effective measures to correct …

Huawei and ZTE ban: US stops sale of Chinese tech due to ‘unacceptable’ national security risk
2 years ago

Huawei and ZTE ban: US stops sale of Chinese tech due to ‘unacceptable’ national security risk

The Independent  

The US has outlawed the sale of Chinese-origin communications equipment made by Huawei and ZTE, prohibiting the use of some China-made surveillance systems due to an “unacceptable risk” to national security, in a fresh set of restrictions imposed on Beijing on Friday. These new rules are an “important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national …

US bans import and sales of Chinese Huawei, ZTE equipments
2 years ago

US bans import and sales of Chinese Huawei, ZTE equipments

Op India  

The Biden administration Friday prohibited the sale or import of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE, citing “an unacceptable risk” to US national security. The US Federal Communications Commission announced on Friday that it had adopted the final rules, which also prohibit the sale or import of surveillance equipment manufactured by China’s Dahua Technology, video surveillance firm …

US FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE
2 years ago

US FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE

The Hindu  

The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, citing an “unacceptable risk” to national security. The five-member Federal Communications Commission said Friday it has voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of certain technology products that …

US FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE
2 years ago

US FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, citing an “unacceptable risk” to national security. The five-member Federal Communications Commission said Friday it has voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of certain technology …

US bans Chinese telecom devices, citing ‘national security’
2 years, 1 month ago

US bans Chinese telecom devices, citing ‘national security’

Al Jazeera  

US Federal Communications Commission decision includes devices from Huawei, ZTE and other manufacturers. The United States Federal Communications Commission has announced it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from prominent Chinese brands, including Huawei and ZTE, citing an “unacceptable risk to national security”. “Our unanimous decision represents the first time in the FCC’s history that we have voted to …

FCC could ban all new purchases of Huawei and ZTE telecom gear
2 years, 2 months ago

FCC could ban all new purchases of Huawei and ZTE telecom gear

CNN  

Washington CNN Business — The US government is poised to ban all future telecom equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese technology giants, from the American market in an expanding crackdown against perceived national security risks from China, according to a person familiar with the matter. The restrictions, outlined in a draft order by the Federal Communications Commission, would …

Canada to Ban Huawei and ZTE 5G Equipment, Joining 'Five Eyes' Allies
2 years, 7 months ago

Canada to Ban Huawei and ZTE 5G Equipment, Joining 'Five Eyes' Allies

News 18  

OTTAWA:Canada on Thursday said it plans to ban the use of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp 5G gear to protect national security, joining the rest of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. Then in December of the same year, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on a U.S. warrant, creating a long-running dispute …

U.S. lawmakers vote to tighten restrictions on Huawei, ZTE
3 years, 1 month ago

U.S. lawmakers vote to tighten restrictions on Huawei, ZTE

The Hindu  

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to approve legislation to prevent companies such as Huawei Technologies Co Ltd or ZTE Corp that are deemed security threats from receiving new equipment licenses from U.S. regulators. "Chinese state-directed companies like Huawei and ZTE are known national security threats and have no place in our telecommunications network," Republican Senator Marco Rubio said. …

U.S. FCC commissioner urges tougher steps on Chinese network equipment
3 years, 8 months ago

U.S. FCC commissioner urges tougher steps on Chinese network equipment

The Hindu  

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Tuesday called for new steps to ensure Huawei Technologies and ZTE equipment is barred from U.S. telecommunications networks and ensure no electronic devices produced with forced labor enter the United States. The FCC last year adopted rules requiring U.S. telecom carriers to remove and replace equipment produced by Huawei or ZTE if purchased using …

India likely to block China’s Huawei over security fears: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

India likely to block China’s Huawei over security fears: Report

Live Mint  

India is likely to block its mobile carriers from using telecom equipment made by China's Huawei, two government officials said, under procurement rules due to come into force in June. India's telecoms department said on Wednesday that after June 15 carriers can only buy certain types of equipment from government-approved "trusted sources" and said New Delhi could also create a …

U.S. lawmakers back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China's Huawei, ZTE - sources
4 years ago

U.S. lawmakers back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China's Huawei, ZTE - sources

The Hindu  

U.S. lawmakers will back $1.9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says poses national security risks as part of a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, two sources briefed on the matter said on Sunday. The COVID-19 relief bill invests $7 billion to increase access to broadband, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate …

UK to ban new Huawei gear installations after Sept
4 years ago

UK to ban new Huawei gear installations after Sept

Associated Press  

LONDON — Wireless carriers in the U.K. won’t be allowed to install Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks after September 2021, the British government said Monday, hardening its line against the Chinese technology company. The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July banned Huawei from having a role in building Britain’s next-generation mobile phone networks over security concerns …

UK Bans Installation of New Huawei 5G Kit from September 2021
4 years ago

UK Bans Installation of New Huawei 5G Kit from September 2021

News 18  

British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from high speed mobile networks. China has criticised that decision, while Huawei said last week it was disappointed Britain was looking to exclude it from the 5G rollout after the publication …

Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021
4 years ago

Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021

The Hindu  

British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm's equipment from high speed mobile networks. China has criticised that decision, while Huawei said last week it was disappointed Britain was looking to exclude it from the 5G roll-out after the publication …

5G Chinese Telecom Gear: Parliamentary Panel Quizzes Top Govt Officials, Say Sources
4 years, 1 month ago

5G Chinese Telecom Gear: Parliamentary Panel Quizzes Top Govt Officials, Say Sources

News 18  

Members of a parliamentary committee on Tuesday quizzed top government officials on whether there is a ban on the purchase of equipment from Chinese vendors for 5G infrastructure in India, sources said. Top officials of the Telcom Ministry and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, which is chaired by senior …

Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks
4 years, 2 months ago

Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks

The Hindu  

Sweden on Tuesday banned on security grounds the use of telecom equipment from China's Huawei and ZTE in its 5G network ahead of a spectrum auction scheduled for next month, joining other European nations that have restricted the role of Chinese suppliers. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority said the setting of the licence conditions followed assessments by the Swedish …

Europe Telecoms Lobby Group 'Denounces' Bans on Chinese Vendors
4 years, 2 months ago

Europe Telecoms Lobby Group 'Denounces' Bans on Chinese Vendors

News 18  

A business group representing challenger telecoms operators in Europe warned on Friday against banning Chinese equipment vendors, saying that doing so for political reasons would force up costs and delay network upgrades. Huawei’s position in Europe has come under pressure from a US campaign to purge next-generation networks of kit that Washington says can be used for spying – claims …

Huawei Fears It May Be Excluded From Poland's 5G Network
4 years, 3 months ago

Huawei Fears It May Be Excluded From Poland's 5G Network

News 18  

WARSAW: Poland’s planned criteria for assessing the risk of telecoms equipment providers are political and may be aimed at excluding Huawei from developing the country’s 5G network, the Chinese company said on Wednesday. The bill says telecoms operators would not be allowed to buy new equipment from suppliers seen as “high risk” and would have to replace existing equipment from …

China pitches BRICS 5G base as India mulls Huawei ban
4 years, 3 months ago

China pitches BRICS 5G base as India mulls Huawei ban

The Hindu  

China has made a proposal to create what it has termed a BRICS innovation base to take forward 5G and Artificial Intelligence cooperation among the five countries, as their Industry Ministers met virtually on Monday. China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xiao Yaqing "urged fellow nations, including India, to boost cooperation in areas including 5G and AI”, Chinese media …

China’s Huawei, ZTE set to be shut out of India’s 5G trials
4 years, 4 months ago

China’s Huawei, ZTE set to be shut out of India’s 5G trials

Live Mint  

China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. are set to be kept out of India’s plans to roll out its 5G networks as relations between the two countries hit a four decade low following deadly border clashes. The Ministry of Communications will restart pending discussions on approvals for 5G trials by private companies including Bharti Airtel Ltd., Reliance Jio Infocomm …

5G in India and Anti-China Sentiments: Can Huawei, ZTE Ban Delay India's 5G Trials?
4 years, 4 months ago

5G in India and Anti-China Sentiments: Can Huawei, ZTE Ban Delay India's 5G Trials?

News 18  

At Reliance Industries’ 43rd annual general meeting, chairman-managing director Mukesh Ambani made a milestone announcement – Reliance Jio, India’s largest mobile telecom operator, would bring commercial 5G services to all of India as soon as 5G trials and spectrum auctions are held. According to sources from earlier this week, Huawei and ZTE, two of the key Chinese companies that offer …

Q&A: what does Huawei do and how hard is it to remove its 5G kit?
4 years, 5 months ago

Q&A: what does Huawei do and how hard is it to remove its 5G kit?

The Telegraph  

The Government confirmed on Tuesday that it is banning Huawei from its next-generation telecoms network and stripping out all its existing infrastructure, following years of wrangling over the decision. Just six months ago, the Government set a 35pc cap on the amount of Huawei 5G and fibre equipment that operators could use in their networks, and said its kit could …

America’s war on Huawei nears its endgame
4 years, 5 months ago

America’s war on Huawei nears its endgame

The Economist  

Listen to this story. If Britain’s existing procedures for overseeing Huawei’s role in telecoms infrastructure were applied, the government argued at the time, Huawei’s equipment could be used in “non core” parts of the network, and Britain could get its 5 G systems up and running considerably sooner, and cheaper, than would otherwise be possible. On July 14th the government …

Huawei kit must be stripped from UK 5G networks by 2027
4 years, 5 months ago

Huawei kit must be stripped from UK 5G networks by 2027

The Telegraph  

The Government has ordered telecoms businesses to remove all Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks by 2027, triggering a renewed clash with Beijing. UK's mobile providers will also be banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after the end of this year - a move that is expected to delay the rollout of 5G by a year. Operators will …

Huawei’s removal from Britain’s 5G network was all but inevitable
4 years, 5 months ago

Huawei’s removal from Britain’s 5G network was all but inevitable

The Independent  

The announcement that Huawei will be barred from Britain’s 5G network in a few years is hardly a surprise. An emergency review by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre was ordered with alacrity by Downing Street, while briefings began to suggest that Boris Johnson wanted Huawei totally eliminated from the UK network by 2023 – a timescale viewed in industry …

Britain bans China’s Huawei, handing US big win
4 years, 5 months ago

Britain bans China’s Huawei, handing US big win

Live Mint  

Britain on Tuesday bowed to US pressure and ordered the phased removal of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from its 5G network despite warnings of retaliation from Beijing. He said the new guidelines also required all of Huawei's existing 5G gear to be stripped out "by 2027". The UK was then completing its tortuous departure from the European Union and looking …

UK bans Huawei from 5G networks in security crackdown
4 years, 5 months ago

UK bans Huawei from 5G networks in security crackdown

Live Mint  

Huawei Technologies Co. will be banned from providing equipment for the UK’s next generation mobile networks from the end of this year, in a sweeping crackdown on the Chinese company that risks escalating tensions between London and Beijing. Under the blueprint agreed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, operators will not be able to add any new Huawei components to their …

Huawei says UK ban threatens to move UK into digital slow lane
4 years, 5 months ago

Huawei says UK ban threatens to move UK into digital slow lane

China Daily  

The Huawei logo is seen illustrated in this publicity picture. Chinese technology company Huawei said Tuesday that the British government's move to ban the company's involvement in the country's 5G networks is a "disappointing decision" which "threatens to move Britain into the digital slow lane, push up bills and deepen the digital divide." The British government announced on Tuesday that …

Britain set to ban Huawei from 5G, though timescale unclear
4 years, 5 months ago

Britain set to ban Huawei from 5G, though timescale unclear

Live Mint  

LONDON :Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britain's 5G network in a landmark decision that will anger Beijing but win plaudits from President Donald Trump as the United States grapples with China's rising economic and technological clout. The United States says Huawei, the world's biggest producer of telecoms equipment, is an agent of the Chinese Communist …

Europe can't afford to fully ban Huawei
4 years, 5 months ago

Europe can't afford to fully ban Huawei

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY With the United States continuing to lobby its allies to ban Huawei from their 5G networks, European countries have become more ambivalent about partnering the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant. Besides, it's not in European countries' interest to completely ban Huawei from their 5G infrastructure construction, as the Chinese company's equipment have been widely used in European countries' …

Europe can't afford to fully ban Huawei
4 years, 5 months ago

Europe can't afford to fully ban Huawei

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY With the United States continuing to lobby its allies to ban Huawei from their 5G networks, European countries have become more ambivalent about partnering the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant. Besides, it's not in European countries' interest to completely ban Huawei from their 5G infrastructure construction, as the Chinese company's equipment have been widely used in European countries' …

Trade body demand ban on Chinese firms HUAWEI & ZTE from Indian 5G rollout
4 years, 5 months ago

Trade body demand ban on Chinese firms HUAWEI & ZTE from Indian 5G rollout

India Today  

Amid high border tension between India, China, the Confederation of All India Traders wrote to Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding to ban HUAWEI & ZTE Corporation of China from participating in the 5G network rollout in India. CAIT national president BC Bharrtia while complimenting the Centre for taking various steps to reduce China's dominance after the killing of 20 …

USA designates Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE as national security threats
4 years, 5 months ago

USA designates Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE as national security threats

Op India  

The US Federal Communications Commission designated Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. as national security threats, in a move to drive out the Chinese manufacturers from the US market. The US telecommunications regulator issued the declaration and proposed requiring rural carriers to remove and replace equipment from the two Chinese companies from existing US networks. Image Source: Bharti Jain on …

US FCC designates Huawei, ZTE as national security threats
4 years, 5 months ago

US FCC designates Huawei, ZTE as national security threats

Al Jazeera  

‘We cannot and will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to exploit network vulnerabilities,’ the FCC chairman said. The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday formally designated Chinese firms Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp as posing threats to United States national security, a declaration that bars US firms from tapping an $8.3bn government fund to purchase equipment from the companies. …

U.S. raising security concerns over Dutch 5G deal with Huawei
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S. raising security concerns over Dutch 5G deal with Huawei

NL Times  

The United States will not necessarily stop sharing information with the Netherlands if the government allows Chinese company Huawei to be involved in the construction of the 5G network in our country, American ambassador Pete Hoekstra said to NRC. "If the Netherlands decides to use 5G networks with Huawei, we will have to consider how we will share that kind …

Huawei takes out UK ads as pressure for 5G ban mounts
4 years, 6 months ago

Huawei takes out UK ads as pressure for 5G ban mounts

CNN  

London CNN Business — Huawei launched a major public relations campaign in the United Kingdom on Monday in a bid to persuade British politicians and the public that it can be trusted to help build the country’s 5G network. The Chinese telecom giant said it plans to take out a series of full page It comes as the United Kingdom …

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