The British National Cyber Security Centre has already warned telecoms companies against the use of ZTE equipment or services.
In the first sign of a push back by the British telecoms industry against the mass surveillance of their customers, as exposed by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, BT's chief executive also waded into the debate, describing the laws on data collection as not fit for purpose.
In China the accusations against Huawei have been met with anger, and suggestions that the US is simply trying to protect its own position in the telecoms industry against competition.
However, to protect telecoms companies against "anomalous or abusive usage of retail roaming services", MEPs ask the European Commission to lay down guidelines for exceptional cases in which companies would be allowed to apply charges.
The rise of new technologies suggests that the free speech battles of the future may instead pit telecom corporations against private speakers, leaving judges on the sidelines.
Attacks also occur against telecoms firms supplying internet connections.2001 America v China: After an American spyplane and Chinese fighter collide, hackers from both countries deface or crash the other's public and private-sector websites.
O'Reilly lost control of Independent News & Media several years ago but in the course of a doomed power struggle over the media group – which pitted him against telecoms tycoon Denis O'Brien – the Irish Times claimed he had wasted €350m buying INM shares prior to its restructuring.
Famously charged with overseeing a lawsuit against telecoms accused of complicity in warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency, he has also been presiding over the lower-profile suit brought by the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, a defunct charity designated as a terrorist fundraiser by the Bush administration.
There is a huge workforce sitting behind bars that could be put to better use retrofitting naval ports for sea level rise or hardwiring our telecoms to safeguard against an electromagnetic attack.
The transport minister, from the far-right Nationalist Action Party, fought hard against the telecoms legislation.
