According to the BBC’s report, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously adopted new rules that prohibit the sale and import of new communication equipment manufactured by Chinese technology companies.
“IMPORTANT PART OF ONGOING ACTIONS TO PROTECT FROM NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS”
“The new rules are an important part of ongoing action to protect the public from national security threats within the scope of telecommunications,” FCC Chairman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a written statement.
Rosenworcel said the FCC is “committed to protecting their national security by ensuring that untrusted communications equipment is not allowed to be used within U.S. borders.”
Among the technology companies whose products are banned from importing and selling in the country are Huawei, as well as ZTE, Hikvision, Dahua and Hytera.
Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned manufacturer of surveillance equipment for civilian and military purposes, said in a statement that its products do not pose any security threat to the United States.
“The decision will do nothing to protect U.S. national security but will do much to make it worse and more expensive for U.S. small businesses, local authorities, school districts, and individual consumers to protect themselves, their homes, businesses, and property,” Hikvision said in a statement. ” statements were included.
On the other hand, it is stated that the said bans are not retroactive and that the products of the listed companies that were previously approved for sale in the USA will continue to be sold, but these permits may be revoked in the future.
Similar decisions were taken under former President Barack Obama to limit Chinese telecommunications companies’ access to the US market, and this attitude continued under Donald Trump and current US President Joe Biden. (AA)