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The US Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a plan to ban approvals for equipment in US telecommunications networks from Chinese companies deemed national security threats like Huawei and ZTE. Under proposed rules that won initial approval, the FCC could also revoke prior equipment authorisations issued to Chinese companies. A Huawei spokesperson, in an email, called […]
Vodafone’s Italian unit has secured conditional approval from Rome to use equipment made by China’s Huawei in its 5G radio access network, two sources close to the matter said. Italy can block or impose tough conditions on deals involving non EU vendors under “golden powers”, which have been used three times since 2012 to block […]
Top US lawmakers have applauded India’s decision to not allow Chinese telecom companies to conduct 5G trials in the country. The Department of Telecom in India on Tuesday had approved applications of telecom companies Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and MTNL to conduct 5G trials but none of them would be using technologies of […]
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NEW DELHI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) may allow multinational vendors such as Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung to upgrade 49,300 2G and 3G sites to fourth generation or 4G technology in a bid to expedite the rollout commercial next generation services, a senior telco official said. “Last week, based on discussions led by the Empowered […]
NEW DELHI: The National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) has finalized the criteria for identifying trusted sources and products, and conveyed to the telcos and other stakeholders the process to provide information in a meeting attended by all telcos and foreign gear vendors – except China’s Huawei and ZTE. “Under the process, vendors will have to […]
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NEW DELHI: State-run BSNL has started releasing Rs 1,450 crore to its vendor partners like Nokia, ZTE, Ericsson and UTStarcom among others to clear a part of network-related outstanding dues. The payment is towards capital expenditure that these vendors incurred to deploy network and solutions for the telecom operator. The struggling telecom operator has taken […]
NEW DELHI: The employee group of the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the commercial launch of fourth generation or 4G services through the existing network upgradation and accelerate the assets monetisation drive to revive the ailing telco. In a letter to Modi, dated March […]
NEW DELHI: China’s Huawei and ZTE may finally make their way into India’s 5G telecom networks, given that they fit the eligibility criteria for “trusted” telecom equipment sources being prepared by the government, Mint reported citing a government official aware of the matter. The official added that the Department of Telecommunications is preparing to launch […]
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Huawei chief and founder Ren Zhengfei last month called for a reset with the United States under President Joe Biden, after the firm was battered by sanctions imposed by Donald Trump’s administration. San Francisco: US regulators on Friday listed Huawei among Chinese telecom gear firms deemed a threat to national security, signalling that a hoped […]
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India is likely to block its mobile carriers from using telecom equipment made by China’s Huawei, two government officials said, under procurement rules due to come into force in June. New Delhi is wary about awarding new technology business to Chinese firms both because of security fears and a desire to get Indian manufacturers to […]
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