Motorola Not Satisfied With Dahua Supply Chain Compliance Plan

Motorola Solutions slammed a compliance plan with FCC supply chain security rules filed by Dahua Technology, in a filing posted Friday in docket 21-232. “The Plan’s definitions of ‘Critical Infrastructure,’ ‘Government Facilities,’ and ‘National Security’ are incomplete,” Motorola said. “The Plan also erroneously implies that the definitions … are stagnant, which is not the case.” Dahua’s definition of employee “is too narrow by limiting its reach to employees, contractors, or agents of Dahua USA engaged in specified functions ‘associated with the sale of Dahua Equipment in the United States,” the company said: “The public safety prohibition extends to certain locations overseas, and the Employee definition should be modified accordingly. … Dahua also should be directed to eliminate use of the term ‘National Security Purposes’ in the Plan. Although ostensibly intended as a shorthand reference to the purposes for which Dahua’s covered equipment cannot lawfully be marketed or sold, it is unnecessarily confusing and unreasonably restrictive.” Security firm IPVM also raised concerns on the plan.