Japan has decided to stop using network equipment from China's Huawei telecom giant and ZTE Corporation over security concerns, local media reported on Monday.
TOKYO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th December, 2018) Japan has decided to stop using network equipment from China's Huawei telecom giant and ZTE Corporation over security concerns, local media reported on Monday.
Japanese cybersecurity experts agreed to use new criteria for network equipment security, but did not explicitly name the companies to be affected by the new rules. According to the NHK broadcaster, the new criteria practically rule out the possibility of the Japanese government buying Huawei and ZTE equipment.
From now on, the equipment to be purchased by the Japanese government agencies will be tested to make sure it has no integrated software that collects and transmits user data, the broadcaster reported.
Japan has joined the United States and several other countries, including Australia and New Zealand, that blocked the use of Huawei's equipment as part of the future roll-out of 5G networks.
Huawei financial director Meng Wanzhou was arrested on December 1 in Vancouver to be handed over to the United States where she is suspected of committing fraud to bypass US sanctions on Iran.
