India Seeks Chinese Firms' Ownership Data

India has given Huawei Technologies and ZTE one month to disclose full details of their ownership, concerned that foreign telecom equipment makers, mainly from China, are a national security threat as they can have spying technology embedded in their equipment.

The two Asian economic giants have long been suspicious of each other and fought a war in 1962. The recent dispute follows several attacks on Indian government websites that New Delhi blames on Chinese hackers. ZTE Telecom India Pvt. Ltd. Chairman and Managing Director D.K. Ghosh said Tuesday that officials from the company would meet India Home Secretary G.K. Pillai on Thursday to discuss matters regarding the purchase of telecom equipment from China. Officials at ZTE Telecom India confirmed Friday that they met with Mr. Pillai, but they didn't elaborate on the discussions.