Reports: China Encryption System Rejected

Iria · Mar 13, 2006, 06:25 PM

BEIJING Mar 13, 2006 (AP)— The world industrial-standards association has rejected China's controversial wireless encryption standard for global use, news reports said Monday, dealing a blow to Beijing's effort to promote its own standards for computers and telecoms.

China is promoting its WAPI system in a campaign to reduce reliance on foreign technology and give its companies a competitive edge.

Members of the International Organization for Standardization rejected WAPI in favor of an American standard known as 802.11i in balloting that ended March 8, the U.S.-based electronics industry newspaper EE Times and the Chinese government's Xinhua News Agency said.

But Chinese officials still plan to press ahead with the campaign to promote WAPI and to use it domestically, Xinhua said. The agency didn't cite a source for its information and it wasn't clear whether its dispatch was an official announcement.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Reports: China Encryption System Rejected BEIJING Mar 13, 2006 (AP)— The world industrial-standards association has rejected China's controversial wireless encryption standard for global use, news reports said Monday, dealing a blow to Beijing's effort to promote its own standards for computers and telecoms. China is promoting its WAPI system in a campaign to reduce reliance on foreign technology and give its companies a competitive edge. Members of the International Organization for Standardization rejected WAPI in favor of an American standard known as 802.11i in balloting that ended March 8, the U.S.-based electronics industry newspaper EE Times and the Chinese government's Xinhua News Agency said. But Chinese officials still plan to press ahead with the campaign to promote WAPI and to use it domestically, Xinhua said. The agency didn't cite a source for its information and it wasn't clear whether its dispatch was an official announcement. ____________ Read More / Source: ABC News