The US has banned approvals of new telecoms equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an unacceptable risk” to national security.
The US Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar the sale or import of equipment made by Chinese surveillance equipment maker Dahua Technology, video surveillance firm Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and telecoms firm Hytera Communications.
The move represents the US’s latest moves against the Chinese technology companies amid fears that Beijing could use them to spy on Americans.
“These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecoms,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said.
The FCC said in June last year that it was considering banning all equipment authorisations for all companies on the so-called “covered list”: Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision and Dahua.
