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US bans Chinese telecom devices, citing ‘national security’

Chinese tech giant Huawei was one of the companies identified in Friday’s FCC report prohibiting communications equipment said to pose a risk to US national security [File: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]

The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from prominent Chinese brands, including Huawei and ZTE, citing an “unacceptable risk to national security”.

The five-member FCC said on Friday it had voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of the targeted products.

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