Taiwan Mulls Expanding Ban on Huawei Network Equipment

A man lights a cigarette outside a Huawei retail shop in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2018. Taiwan is reinforcing its five-year-old ban on network equipment produced by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE amid security concerns. Ng Han Guan/AP

TAIPEI—Taiwan is mulling an expansion of its five-year-old ban on network equipment produced by Chinese companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. amid security concerns.

Officials sought over the weekend to reassure lawmakers and the public that such measures have been effective and the threat to the communications sector is minimal.