Cybersecurity
India Said to Block Orders for China Phone Equipment
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India’s government blocked China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from selling network equipment to domestic phone carriers because of security concerns, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd., the Indian unit of Russia’s AFK Sistema, didn’t get clearance to buy Chinese telecom gear, according to the people, who declined to be identified because the information is confidential. The government denied similar requests from at least three other local phone carriers, according to one of the people.