So you wanna play that game, huh? China Unicom will take over one of China’s main networks from Cisco Systems because of — what else? — security reasons. China Unicom reportedly will operate China169, a backbone network router in Jiangsu currently operated by Cisco. The move comes less than a month after a much ballyhooed U.S. congressional investigation that labeled Chinese telecommunications companies a security threat to U.S. networks.
Cisco Routed From Chinese Telecom Network
Posted by: David Vranicar October 29, 2012 09:41 AMSo you wanna play that game, huh? China Unicom will take over one of China’s main networks from Cisco Systems because of — what else? — security reasons. China Unicom reportedly will operate China169, a backbone network router in Jiangsu currently operated by Cisco. The move comes less than a month after a much ballyhooed U.S. congressional investigation that labeled Chinese telecommunications companies a security threat to U.S. networks.