Huawei and ZTE pose security threat, warns US panel

Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, a congressional panel has warned after an investigation into the two companies.

The two firms should be barred from any US mergers and acquisitions, according to a House Intelligence Committee report.

The panel says the firms failed to allay fears about their association with China's government and military.

The firms - among the world's biggest makers of networking equipment - denied the accusations in front of the panel.

On Monday ZTE issued a statement insisting its equipment met all US standards and posed no threat. More at The BBC.

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Comments

[Joel]

In building the NBN (fibre to the home network) in Australia the labout party wouldn't accept Huawei's tender due to security reasons.. The Liberal (conservative) party kicked up a big fuss about this saying they should, free markets blah blah blah...

Interesting to see the US has the same kinds of concerns...

[Graham]

Should I be worried about my Huawei MiFi? Do you think it's got a secret chip inside that's spying on me? Also, next month, my daughter is marrying a Chinese man. Should I be concerned?

[Rui Duarte]

Yes Graham, definitely! :-) Carefull when you sleep... keep an eye open :-D