Palo Alto-based iControl Networks is a venture-backed software and services company providing award-winning solutions defining the broadband home management market. iControl Networks partners with home security companies, broadband operators, utilities and telecommunication firms to deliver iControl ConnectedLife, the next generation of home management, security and connectivity.

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Huawei spokesperson William Plummer said the company's equipment was used by 90% of the top 50 telecommunication service providers globally and that there had been "zero security incidents" with any of them.

BBC: Huawei products

Members of the European Parliament backed a resolution which urged member states to reject changes to the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) which would "negatively impact the internet, its architecture, operations, content and security, business relations, internet governance and the free flow of information online".

BBC: European Parliament warns against UN internet control