The President Donald Trump-led US government is persuading allied countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Wall Street Journal, in a Thursday news item, cited unnamed sources to have said US officials have reached out to their government counterparts and telecom executives in friendly countries where Huawei equipment is already in wide use about what they see as cyber-security risks.
Huawei has come under scrutiny in the United States recently.
Intelligence agency leaders and others have said they are concerned that Huawei and other Chinese companies may be beholden to the Chinese government or ruling Communist Party, raising the risk of espionage.
Washington has been considering increasing financial aid for telecommunications development in countries that shun Chinese-made equipment, the WSJ reported.
One of the government’s concerns is based on the use of Chinese telecom equipment in countries that host US military bases, such as Germany, Italy and Japan, the report added.
A US Department of Commerce spokesman said in a statement that the department would remain vigilant against any threat to US national security.
Huawei did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.