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China’s involvement has become critical as African countries made great strides in digital development.
The EU is considering a mandatory ban on member states using companies that might pose a “security risk” in their 5G networks.
US politicians are set to vote next week on a bill to crack down on China’s Huawei and ZTE.
ZTE in South Africa has agreed to pay R5-million in a settlement agreement over “cartel conduct”, the Competition Commission said on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation to prevent companies that are deemed security threats from receiving new equipment licences from US regulators.
South Africa’s MTN Group and Chinese technology company ZTE have been accused in a US lawsuit of indirectly supporting an Iranian terrorist campaign that resulted in Americans being injured and killed in Iraq.
China has blasted US President Joe Biden’s administration for imposing new restrictions on national tech champion Huawei Technologies, saying the US “isn’t a reliable country that is to be trusted”.
US President Joe Biden’s nominee for commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, said she knows of “no reason” why Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies shouldn’t remain on a restricted trade list.
The Biden administration will work to safeguard American telecommunications networks from “untrusted vendors” like Huawei Technologies that threaten national security, the White House said.