Telco gear makers deny threat to US security

RED SUSPICIONS: Executives from ZTE and Huawei testified before the House Intelligence Committee as lawmakers probe whether Chinese tech giants' expansion in the US market pose a threat to national security. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: Executives from China’s top makers of telecommunications gear denied putting hidden spy code into their equipment at a rare public hearing of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee.

The officials from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp, rejecting fears that their expansion in the United States poses a security risk, said they operated independently of the Chinese government.