EU Takes Tougher Stance on Huawei as China Tensions Rise
- Updated guidelines name Huawei, ZTE for the first time
- European Commission banning equipment from its own systems
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The European Commission is increasing the pressure on member-nations to stop using Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. equipment in their most advanced mobile networks, explicitly labeling the companies for the first time as “high-risk” vendors.
As part of an effort to crack down on Chinese equipment in critical infrastructure, European Union’s executive arm urged countries to phase out high-risk vendors from telecom networks in a new set of guidelines published Thursday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report. The Commission is also banning Huawei and ZTE from its corporate communications systems.