EU Advises Member States Not to Use Huawei and ZTE Equipment in Network Infrastructure

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(Central News Agency Brussels, May 4th, Comprehensive Foreign News Report) A spokesperson for the European Commission stated today that the Commission has advised European Union (EU) member states to exclude equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from the network infrastructure of their domestic telecommunication operators.

Reuters reported that the spokesperson said at a press briefing that new EU cybersecurity regulations, which are currently in the approval process, will have the authority to ban high-risk vendor equipment from being used in the EU market.

China's mission to the EU stated on April 29 that the draft revisions to the EU's "Cybersecurity Law" and "Industrial Accelerator Law" are discriminatory towards Chinese companies, and if implemented, China will have to take countermeasures. (Compiled by Chang Cheng-chien) 1150504

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