FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co., Ltd. ( zh, c=烽火网络有限公司, p=fēnghuǒ wǎngluò yǒuxiàngōngsī) is a major networking and

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equipment provider in the

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. Its headquarters is in

Hongshan District, Wuhan Hongshan District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. The district is named for Mount Hong, located near East Lake. It is the most ...

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province, China. Founded in 1999, FiberHome Networks was one of the 8 affiliated companies and highly specializing on IP

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under the management of FiberHome Company. In May 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department's

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said it was adding FiberHome to its

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of organizations subject to

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governing exports and other transactions. The Commerce Department said FiberHome was complicit in alleged

human rights abuses Human rights are universally recognized moral principles or norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both national and international laws. These rights are considered inherent and inalienable, meaning t ...

involving Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China. U.S. companies will have to obtain special, hard-to-get licenses to do business with FiberHome.

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