Huawei Ban

Huawei Technologies is plotting a return to the 5G smartphone industry by the end of this year, according to research firms, signalling a comeback after a US ban on equipment sales decimated its consumer electronics business. Huawei should be able to procure 5G chips domestically using its own advances in semiconductor design tools along with chipm...

China firmly opposes some EU countries' ban on Huawei and said the European Commission has no legal basis nor factual evidence to prohibit the Chinese telecom giant, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. ZTE, also singled out by EU industry chief Thierry Breton as a high-risk vendor, criticised the move to ban its equipment in the...

EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday urged more EU countries to join the 10 that have restricted or banned China's Huawei and ZTE from their 5G telecoms networks, citing risks to the bloc's collective security. Breton has in recent weeks voiced concerns that some EU countries still have perceived high risk components in their 5G core networ...

Huawei Technologies’ founder said that the company has replaced more than 13,000 parts in its products that were hit by US trade sanctions, according to a transcript of a speech posted on Friday by a Chinese university. According to the transcript posted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said Huawei had over the past t...

A ban on certain components by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE could have a significant impact on Germany's mobile network if they have to be replaced on a larger scale, according to a German economy ministry letter seen by Reuters. The German government is currently carrying out a review of telecom tech suppliers which it says is not directed at ...

Germany plans to ban telecoms operators from using certain components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in 5G networks, a government source said, in a potentially significant move to address security concerns.

Canada announced it was banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices on Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that his government was looking carefully at how to ensure Canadians' online safety. "This may be a first step, it may be the only step we need to take," he said referring to the action against...

Two US states, Wisconsin and North Carolina, on Thursday signed orders banning TikTok on government devices due to cyber security concerns. The move comes after the app was banned on federal devices last month. More than 20 US states have followed suit.

US authorities announced a ban Friday on the import or sale of communications equipment deemed "an unacceptable risk to national security" — including gear from Chinese giants Huawei Technologies and ZTE. Both firms have been on a roster of companies listed as a threat by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the new rules bar future a...

Seagate Technology said in a filing on Wednesday it has been warned by the US government that the company may have violated export control laws by providing hard disk drives to a customer on a trade blacklist. The customer is China's Huawei, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, which is on the US Commerce Department's entity list and ...

The US Federal Communications Commission is set to ban approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE in the United States on national security grounds, according to a document posted by the agency. In 2019, the United States placed Huawei, Hikvision and other firms on its economic blacklist.

China's telecommunication Huawei may be banned from a few countries’ 5G telecoms networks soon. However, there has been a debate on a new security threat from Chinese equipment, with doubts about the tiny components made by Chinese companies in devices connected by the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from niche indust...

The government is said to be seeking to restrict the sale of smartphones from companies including Xiaomi in the country. Brands like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi are facing tax demands and money laundering allegations, after a close scrutiny of their finances, while companies like WeChat, TikTok and PUBG Mobile have been banned in the country over securi...

Chinese tech giant Huawei faced aa recent blow by a Swedish court after it lost an appeal over the government's decision to ban the network equipment giant from the rollout of 5G mobile network infrastructure in the Nordic country. Huawei said it was "disappointed" with the court's decision.

MTS, Russia's biggest mobile operator, has stated on Tuesday that it has started selling discounted and used smartphones. The step has been taken to offer cheaper alternatives to Russian consumers amid inflation and shipment ban by Western brands.

Huawei Technologies is plotting a return to the 5G smartphone industry by the end of this year, according to research firms, signalling a comeback after a US ban on equipment sales decimated its consumer electronics business. Huawei should be able to procure 5G chips domestically using its own advances in semiconductor design tools along with chipm...

China firmly opposes some EU countries' ban on Huawei and said the European Commission has no legal basis nor factual evidence to prohibit the Chinese telecom giant, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. ZTE, also singled out by EU industry chief Thierry Breton as a high-risk vendor, criticised the move to ban its equipment in the...

EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday urged more EU countries to join the 10 that have restricted or banned China's Huawei and ZTE from their 5G telecoms networks, citing risks to the bloc's collective security. Breton has in recent weeks voiced concerns that some EU countries still have perceived high risk components in their 5G core networ...

Huawei Technologies’ founder said that the company has replaced more than 13,000 parts in its products that were hit by US trade sanctions, according to a transcript of a speech posted on Friday by a Chinese university. According to the transcript posted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said Huawei had over the past t...

A ban on certain components by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE could have a significant impact on Germany's mobile network if they have to be replaced on a larger scale, according to a German economy ministry letter seen by Reuters. The German government is currently carrying out a review of telecom tech suppliers which it says is not directed at ...

Germany plans to ban telecoms operators from using certain components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in 5G networks, a government source said, in a potentially significant move to address security concerns.

Canada announced it was banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices on Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that his government was looking carefully at how to ensure Canadians' online safety. "This may be a first step, it may be the only step we need to take," he said referring to the action against...

Two US states, Wisconsin and North Carolina, on Thursday signed orders banning TikTok on government devices due to cyber security concerns. The move comes after the app was banned on federal devices last month. More than 20 US states have followed suit.

US authorities announced a ban Friday on the import or sale of communications equipment deemed "an unacceptable risk to national security" — including gear from Chinese giants Huawei Technologies and ZTE. Both firms have been on a roster of companies listed as a threat by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the new rules bar future a...

Seagate Technology said in a filing on Wednesday it has been warned by the US government that the company may have violated export control laws by providing hard disk drives to a customer on a trade blacklist. The customer is China's Huawei, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, which is on the US Commerce Department's entity list and ...

The US Federal Communications Commission is set to ban approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE in the United States on national security grounds, according to a document posted by the agency. In 2019, the United States placed Huawei, Hikvision and other firms on its economic blacklist.

China's telecommunication Huawei may be banned from a few countries’ 5G telecoms networks soon. However, there has been a debate on a new security threat from Chinese equipment, with doubts about the tiny components made by Chinese companies in devices connected by the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from niche indust...

The government is said to be seeking to restrict the sale of smartphones from companies including Xiaomi in the country. Brands like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi are facing tax demands and money laundering allegations, after a close scrutiny of their finances, while companies like WeChat, TikTok and PUBG Mobile have been banned in the country over securi...

Chinese tech giant Huawei faced aa recent blow by a Swedish court after it lost an appeal over the government's decision to ban the network equipment giant from the rollout of 5G mobile network infrastructure in the Nordic country. Huawei said it was "disappointed" with the court's decision.

MTS, Russia's biggest mobile operator, has stated on Tuesday that it has started selling discounted and used smartphones. The step has been taken to offer cheaper alternatives to Russian consumers amid inflation and shipment ban by Western brands.