Mike Pompeo Lists Reliance Jio Among Clean Telcos For Rejecting Huawei

Washington, June 24: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday listed Reliance Jio as among the "Clean Telcos" of the world for shunning doing business with Chinese companies like Huawei. "The tide is turning toward trusted 5G vendors and away from Huawei. The world's leading telecom companies - Telefonica, Orange, Jio, Telstra, and many more-are becoming 'Clean Telcos'. They are rejecting doing business with tools of the CCP surveillance state, like Huawei," Pompeo said in a tweet. China Displays 'Rogue' Attitude in Neighbourhood, Creates Wedge Between US And Europe, Says Mike Pompeo.

The US Secretary of State has been fiercely criticising the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government in recent days. In an earlier tweet, Pompeo said: "The Chinese Communist Party is behaving in ways that fundamentally put the American people's security at risk. The @realDonaldTrump Administration is the first in decades to take this threat seriously," he said. What is D10? Know UK's Plan For 5G Club of 10 Democracies, Including India, to Reduce Dependency on China.

"China's contributions to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic are paltry compared to the financial and human cost of its cover-up," he said in another tweet. Huawei has been called a security threat in some countries and with the 5G telecom network, there is a view in some countries like companies like Chinese companies like Huawei should not be allowed to participate. India is also taking tough action against Chinese vendors.

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