US to probe Chinese telecom groups it suspects of posing security risk

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The Federal Communications Commission is investigating several Chinese telecom companies, including Huawei and China Telecom, over concerns that some of them are ignoring restrictions on their operations in the US.

The regulator said it had opened a “sweeping investigation” into Chinese groups that also include ZTE, a big telecoms equipment provider, and Hikvision, the…