Security News > 2022 > November > US bans sales of Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, and Dahua equipment
The United States government, through the Federal Communications Commission, has banned the sale of equipment from Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance vendor Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due "Unacceptable risks to national security".
"The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules prohibiting communications equipment deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security from being authorized for importation or sale in the United States," reads the press release from the FCC. "These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications," commented Chairwoman J. Rosenworcel.
Huawei has not been banned all over Europe as some countries rely on the company for core parts for telecom operators, but multiple members have passed legislation to limit risks from Chinese telecom equipment suppliers.
Surveillance camera maker Dahua was added to the U.S. Department of Commerce's 'Entity List' in October 2019, but sales of its equipment to consumers and private American companies weren't banned.
In March 2021, the FCC included all five companies now banned from having a presence in the United States market on it list of communications equipment and services as they were "Deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons."
Marking them as so means that Federal subsidies could no longer use or purchase equipment from these companies.