Products from Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision to be banned from all government agencies in Taiwan from late July
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/18
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – On Thursday (July 18), Executive Yuan Spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka
Executive Yuan Spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka, July 18 (By Central News Agency)
The news of the blacklist follows after the introduction new guidelines in April, which govern use of ICT products among government agencies in Taiwan. The measures call for heightened oversight and security over telecom equipment to protect national security.
According to media reports, the new blacklist being drafted will prohibit the use of Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision products across all government agencies and organizations. Huawei has already been under heavy scrutiny by Taiwanese authorities for years because of the corporation’s close ties to China’s military.
An official ban on government agencies' use of Huawei 4G products has been in effect since late 2014. However officials began to redouble their efforts to root out potentially dangerous ICT equipment from December 2018 following reports that Huawei was a “Trojan horse” being used for a global espionage campaign by China. [FULL STORY]
