Telecom, IT industry officials stress broad scope, uncertainty of Trump supply-chain security order

Industry leaders from the telecommunications and IT sectors are urging caution for company managers in their purchasing decisions, as the Trump administration works out its process for implementing a recent executive order on supply-chain security that seeks to ban purchases from foreign adversaries.

The breadth of scope and uncertainty surrounding implementation of the Trump order issued in May – which requires regulations in October – was the focus of remarks by the industry co-chairs of a DHS information and...