The Federal Communications Commission has released its first official list of equipment vendors which it says pose “unacceptable risk to national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons.”
The five vendors named on the list are: Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Dahua Technology. The list bans the use of federals funds for telecommunications equipment from Huawei and ZTE and more specifically, calls out “video surveillance and telecommunications equipment” from the last three companies, “to the extent it is used for the purpose of public safety” and security of government facilities and critical infrastructure.
