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US-China trade war: America ‘bans’ Hong Kong’s biggest telecom company; cites national security concerns

FILE — Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, at a hearing in Washington on Feb. 27, 2025.. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to potentially revoke the access of HKT (International) Ltd., a major Hong Kong phone company controlled by PCCW Ltd., to domestic…

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China ‘restricts’ European telecom giants Ericsson and Nokia; but why Europe is not willing to do that to China’s Huawei, ZTE

China is reportedly strategically phasing out European telecom equipment from its national networks. According to a report in Financial Times, citing sources, Beijing is curtailing the use of equipment from Nokia and Ericsson as part of President Xi Jinping’s push for China’s technological self-reliance. This initiative aims to “decouple the country’s critical tech infrastructure from…

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