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The job cuts will also reportedly impact senior employees who have worked for the company for more than 10 years

''These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications''

India has tightened scrutiny of China-based firms since 2020, when the two nations saw the deadliest fighting in decades at their disputed Himalayan border

ZTE had been accused of violating probation over an alleged conspiracy to commit visa fraud.

As is customary, Chinese companies took the lion's share of the order

India's recent decision authorising 5G trials without Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE is a sovereign one, a top State Department official has said

Top US lawmakers have applauded India's decision to not allow Chinese telecom companies to conduct 5G trials in the country

FCC Commissioner Carr called for new steps to ensure Huawei and ZTE equipment is barred from telecommunications networks and ensure no electronic devices produced with forced labor enter the US

The firm is joining a number of Chinese technology companies entering the electric vehicle market

Congress in December approved $1.9 billion to fund the replacement of ZTE and Huawei equipment in US networks.

National security has to be of paramount importance

The announcement quells fears among some telcos that Chinese players might be banned from participating in 5G trials and roll outs

More than 44 per cent mobile network equipment of state-run BSNL is sourced from Chinese firm ZTE and 9 per cent from Huawei, Parliament was informed on Thursday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. rural telecommunications networks, which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] and ZTE Corp <000063.SZ>, have told the government that it would cost $1.837 billion to replace those switches and routers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Friday.

The ZTE Axon 20 5G has a 32MP selfie camera, which sits beneath the display and remains unnoticed while using the smartphone

In 2019, ZTE took the lead in launching the first commercial 5G smartphone, ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G, in China, the Nordic countries and the Middle East

While India allowed Huawei to participate in its 5G trials earlier this year, its stance against Chinese companies hardened after China's actions along their disputed border in early May

The decision to prevent Huawei from bidding for the Italian network gives the Chinese company no recourse

The move entails moving from the current hardware-dependent networks to ones that will be software-centric with hardly any dependency on the underlying hardware.

The US government has urged its allies to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications, saying Beijing could use it for spying. Huawei has denied the charges