FCC bans two devices with HiSilicon surveillance chips

· Cybersecurity · United States

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission banned two devices — a wireless video transmitter and a dashboard camera — built with surveillance chips made by HiSilicon, a Huawei subsidiary that markets its products as designed for the surveillance market. The action bars the equipment from the U.S. market and extends the regulatory pressure that has built up around Huawei and its chip arm over national security concerns. For the industry, it signals that device-level certification is increasingly being used as a lever against hardware tied to suppliers deemed risky, affecting importers, distributors and buyers of such equipment.

Why it matters：It shows hardware certification becoming a national security tool, a trend that reshapes supply chains and compliance for connected-device makers.

Key points

  • The banned devices are a wireless video transmitter and a dashboard camera.
  • The chips are made by HiSilicon, a Huawei subsidiary.
  • HiSilicon markets its products as designed for the surveillance market.

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