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Chinese telcos given 2027 deadline to ditch foreign chips

Ryan Daws — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:22:53 +0000

To reduce dependence on foreign technologies, Chinese officials have reportedly mandated the country’s leading telecom operators – including China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom – to eliminate foreign semiconductors from their networks by 2027. Beijing’s directive particularly targets chips made by American giants Intel and AMD, which have been a staple in Chinese telecom... Read more »

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Cybersecurity agencies issue warning over Chinese hacking group

Ryan Daws — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:44:56 +0000

Government cybersecurity authorities in the US and allied nations are sounding the alarm bell again over the Chinese hacking group known as Volt Typhoon. In a joint advisory issued on Tuesday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, and eight international partners warned that the Beijing-backed Volt Typhoon gang... Read more »

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Solomon Islands secures $66M from China for Huawei towers

Ryan Daws — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:55:17 +0000

The Solomon Islands has secured a $66 million loan from China to build 161 mobile towers built and supplied by Huawei. Under the terms of the deal, the island nation will receive a 20-year concessional loan from the state-linked Exim Bank of China. The government of the Solomon Islands called it “a historical financial partnership”... Read more »

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The FCC officially designates Huawei and ZTE as national security threats

Ryan Daws — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:21:03 +0000

The FCC has officially designated Huawei and ZTE as national security threats in a further escalation of disputes between Washington and Beijing. Successive US administrations have been wary of Chinese telecoms vendors and advised operators against the use of their equipment, but have never outright designated them a national security threat until now. In a... Read more »

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