• The FCC has identified Huawei and ZTE as threats.
• Dahua Technology and Hangzhou Hikvision are also impacted by the injunction.
• The FCC's order is applicable to any upcoming equipment authorizations.

The import and sale of communications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE was prohibited, according to US authorities, who made the announcement on Friday.

 Both companies have been flagged by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as potential dangers, and the new rules ban the use of their equipment moving forward. The decision, which comes during a protracted dispute between the two largest economies in the world, is the most recent in a series of steps taken to restrict Chinese telecom companies' access to American networks.

 Companies like video security equipment manufacturers Dahua Technology and Hangzhou Hikvision are also impacted by the decree. On Friday, the FCC disclosed that it was also seeking input regarding future actions touching current authorizations.

In the past, out of concern that the company's equipment would be compromised by Chinese intelligence, Washington discouraged the use of Huawei technology in the private sector and barred it from supplying systems to the US government. 

The Chinese company, which is also a leading smartphone brand, was cut off from Google's Android mobile operating system in 2019 after it placed Huawei on a trade blacklist that prohibited US suppliers from doing business with it. Due to worries about national security, the US has placed restrictions on the top three state-owned mobile carriers in China.