It's Official: ZTE, Huawei Are Excluded From Government Contracts

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President Donald Trump has made it official: Government contractors can't buy equipment from Chinese telecoms ZTE or Huawei as part of those contracts, and must submit a plan for phasing out the use of that equipment from its systems. That came with President Trump's signature of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act and after the companies were called out by top US intelligence officials as tied to the Chinese government and thus a national security threat. The technology includes everything from phones, tablets and smartwatches to mobile hot spots, broadband routers, switchers and servers. The Senate-passed version of the bill would have reinstated the ban on US tech exports to ZTE as well, but that language was stripped from the final, conferenced, version of the bill. The language preventing government contractors from the tech remained, however.


It's Official: ZTE, Huawei Are Excluded From Government Contracts