US bans Chinese telecoms imports – won't even consider authorizing them

Part bureaucratic box ticking, part crackdown that makes even Wi-Fi routers and smartphones off limits

The United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has barred itself from authorizing the import or sale of Chinese telecoms and video surveillance products from Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications, Hikvision, and Dahua, on national security grounds.…

from The Register