U.S. warns Pacific islands about Chinese bid for undersea cable project: Sources
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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 12:30 PM IST
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Washington sent a diplomatic note to FSM in July expressing strategic concerns about the project as Huawei Marine and other Chinese firms are required to co-operate with Beijing s intelligence and security services, the sources said.
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SYDNEY: The United States has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a Chinese company s cut-price bid to build an undersea internet cable, two sources told Reuters, part of an international development project in the region.
Huawei Marine, which was recently divested from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and is now majority-owned by another Chinese firm, submitted bids along with French-headquartered Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Finland s Nokia, and Japan s NEC, for the $72.6 million project backed by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo s plane makes its landing approach on Pohnpei International Airport in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a Chinese company’s cut-price bid to build an undersea internet cable, two sources told Reuters, part of an international development project in the region.
Huawei Marine, which was recently divested from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and is now majority-owned by another Chinese firm, submitted bids along with French-headquartered Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Finland’s Nokia, and Japan’s NEC, for the $72.6 million project backed by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), the sources with direct knowledge of the project details said.
Exclusive: U.S. warns Pacific islands about Chinese bid for undersea cable project - sources Technology News Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a Chinese company’s cut-price bid to build an undersea internet cable, two sources told Reuters, part of an international development project in the region.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo s plane makes its landing approach on Pohnpei International Airport in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Huawei Marine, which was recently divested from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and is now majority-owned by another Chinese firm, submitted bids along with French-headquartered Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Finland’s Nokia, and Japan’s NEC, for the $72.6 million project backed by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), the sources
US warns Pacific islands about Chinese bid for undersea cable project: Sources
The project is designed to improve communications to the island nations of Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Kiribati. Reuters December 17, 2020 / 12:55 PM IST
The United States has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a Chinese company s cut-price bid to build an undersea internet cable, two sources told Reuters, part of an international development project in the region.
Huawei Marine, which was recently divested from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and is now majority-owned by another Chinese firm, submitted bids along with French-headquartered Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Finland s Nokia, and Japan s NEC, for the $72.6 million project backed by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), the sources with direct knowledge of the project details said.
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