German minister wants to change telecoms law to cover all foreign vendors - RND

German minister wants to change telecoms law to cover all foreign vendors - RND

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to change Germany's telecommunications law so that stricter conditions apply to all foreign vendors, the RND group of newspapers reported on Tuesday.

Citing participants in a meeting of conservatives and Social Democrats, who rule together in a grand coalition, RND said Seehofer's aim was to better control China's Huawei Technologies rather than exclude it from the German market.

It said all firms affected be subject to a security certification process and need to sign a no-spy agreement. (Reporting by Michelle Martin Editing by Douglas Busvine)

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