US moves to boost crackdown on China Telecom's US unit, source says

China Telecom

16/12/2024 23:53

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce
Department is moving to further crackdown on China Telecom's
U.S. unit from over concerns it could exploit access to American
data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by
providing it to Beijing, a source told Reuters.
    The source confirmed a New York Times report that the
department last week sent China Telecom Americas a preliminary
determination that its presence in U.S. networks and cloud
services poses U.S. national security risks and gave the company
30 days to respond.

 (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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