China syndromeNSA threatened AT&T over buying phone gear from China
The U.S. National Security Agency, worried about Chineses spying, earlier this year warned AT&T that if the company were to go ahead with its decision to purchase equipment for a next-generation phone system from China’s Huawei Technologies, then AT&T would lose all of its U.S. government business; AT&T has decided to buy the gear from Ericsson AB of Sweden and France’s Alcatel-Lucent SA instead
AT&T Inc. was threatened by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) with loss of government business if it bought equipment for a next-generation phone system from China’s Huawei Technologies Co., the Washington Post reported, citing several unidentified people with knowledge of the matter.
Bloomberg reports that in February, AT&T said it would obtain the necessary equipment from Ericsson AB of Sweden and France’s Alcatel-Lucent SA.
