Huawei and ZTE have been declared as national security threats by the US telecommunications regulators.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have also discussed the possibility of proposing that all existing Chinese communications technology is ousted from existing US customers.
Huawei had made it back to America earlier this year, however the epidemic is ongoing.
The decision has been called out by Huawei as “profoundly mistaken”.
However, these rows continue and neither side seem to be showing any signs of backing down.
Having made major inroads into the US so far among rural telecommunications operators, this must have come as another shock to Huawei.
“close ties to the Chinese government and military apparatus” and “Chinese laws requiring them to assist with espionage”.
Said the FCC, that same agency that ordered money from an $8.5bn aid programme was put forward to improve mobile and internet coverage in poor and underserved areas, which could then not be used to buy equipment from firms deemed national security threats.
The estimates put forward thus far from the FCC place replacement of the equipment at around $2bn.
It has been put forward from Huawei that the FCC has, “no evidence that Huawei poses a security risk. Instead, the FCC simply assumes, based on a mistaken view of Chinese law, that Huawei might come under Chinese government control.”
It has been alleged time and time again that the use of Huawei equipment could be abused by the Chinese government for spying, however little evidence has been put forward.
