FCC Officially Designates Huawei and ZTE as Threats to U.S. Security

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https://gizmodo.com/fcc-officially-designates-huawei-and-zte-as-threats-to-1844221021

By Sam Rutherford
Gizmodo.com
June 30, 2020

After months of rumblings from the Trump administration claiming the use of
Chinese networking equipment posed a risk to the U.S., today the Federal
Communications Commission officially designated both Huawei and ZTE as threats
to national security.

In a statement released today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said, “With today’s Orders,
and based on the overwhelming weight of evidence, the Bureau has designated
Huawei and ZTE as national security risks to America’s communications networks —
and to our 5G future. Both companies have close ties to the Chinese Communist
Party and China’s military apparatus, and both companies are broadly subject to
Chinese law obligating them to cooperate with the country’s intelligence
services.”

The statement from Pai follows a public notice issued by the Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau announcing that “it has released orders issuing final
designations of Huawei and ZTE, as well as their parents, affiliates, and
subsidiaries, as companies posing a national security threat to the integrity of
communications networks and the communications supply chain pursuant to 47 CFR §
54.9.”

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