The United States government, through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has banned the sale of equipment from Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance vendor Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due "unacceptable risks to national security".“The new rules prohibit the authorization of equipment through the FCC’s Certification process and make clear that such equipment cannot be authorized under the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity process or be imported or marketed under rules that allow exemption from an equipment authorization.” - FCCThe U.S. previously accused telecommunication hardware vendor Huawei of stealing intellectual property, research and development data, and for planting backdoors in their products that would potentially allow the Beijing government run espionage operations [1, 2].Telecommunications technology from both Huawei (5G in particular) and ZTE have been banned or excluded over the past years in multiple countries, including Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, the U.S., Canada, Romania, and the U.K.Huawei has not been banned all over Europe, though, as some countries rely on the company for core parts for telecom operators, but multiple members have passed legislation to limit risks from Chinese telecom equipment suppliers.In March 2021, the FCC included all five companies now banned from having a presence in the United States market on it list of communications equipment and services (Covered List) as they were "deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.""