Taiwan has banned cable TV providers from using China-made semiconductors and wafers in set-top boxes, citing cybersecurity risks. Photo: Reuters Taiwan has banned cable TV providers from using China-made semiconductors and wafers in set-top boxes, citing cybersecurity risks. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan has banned cable TV providers from using China-made semiconductors and wafers in set-top boxes, citing cybersecurity risks. Photo: Reuters
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Taiwan bans China-made semiconductors from cable TV boxes, in line with new cybersecurity law

  • The move is a further headache for HiSilicon, a unit of Huawei, which has struggled to maintain client relationships amid US trade restrictions
  • Cable network providers say they will look to source from American or European semiconductor makers

Topic |   US-China tech war
Georgina Lee
Georgina Lee

Updated: 2:41pm, 10 Jun, 2019

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Taiwan has banned cable TV providers from using China-made semiconductors and wafers in set-top boxes, citing cybersecurity risks. Photo: Reuters Taiwan has banned cable TV providers from using China-made semiconductors and wafers in set-top boxes, citing cybersecurity risks. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan has banned cable TV providers from using China-made semiconductors and wafers in set-top boxes, citing cybersecurity risks. Photo: Reuters
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