Chinese telecommunication companies added to the national threat security list of the US
New Delhi: Under the law of the national security reasons and protection of the country – the United States (US) authority has added the China Telecom (Americans) Corp and China Mobile International USA to its list of communications equipment and service providers as posing a threat to national security as per 2019 law.
The national security under a 2019 law – aimed at protecting US communications networks. This is for the first time that when the US has included a Russian entity to a list dominated by Chinese telecommunications firms.
In March 2021 – The US regulator added five Chinese companies to their list and they are Huawei Technologies Co, ZTE Corp, Hytera Communications Corp, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co, and Dahua Technology Co.
“The US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau also added Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab to its list of communications equipment, and service providers deemed a threat to national security,” said a media report.
Meanwhile, China urged the US to withdraw its decision against the two Chinese telecom companies.
Last year, three Chinese telecom companies, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, as per the US investment restriction imposed in 2020.
(Vinayak)
