Hytera, Hikvision e Dahua: l’Armenia scorta su telecomunicazioni cinesi e strumenti di sorveglianza

Hytera for telecommunication: https://www.hytera.com/en/product-new/two-way-radio-solutions.html

Dahlia and Hikvision for surveillance: https://www.dahuasecurity.com/Products

Both of whom were accused of being used for spying on Uyghurs before 2021.

> Yerevan is trying to distance itself from Moscow by moving closer to Europe and the United States. But when it comes to telecommunications and surveillance, the main beneficiary of this shift turns out to be Beijing. […]

>Intelligence Online has seen Armenian customs records for the last three months relating to telecommunications and surveillance systems, and the

> Armenia is increasing its dependence on China, particularly on certain **suppliers with close ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).**

> Hytera is headed by Chen Qingzhou and one of its main customer is the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (Goganbu, IO, 21/03/22). Hytera’s

>Hytera’s distributor in Yerevan, Topaz 95, is a company specialising in the sector that supplies the Armenian interior and defence ministries.

https://www.spyur.am/en/companies/topaz-95/2081/

>Founded in 1995 by Grant Babanyan and now run by his son Suren Babanyan, the company, which sells radio equipment, secure communication

> It also offers equipment from Italian-British company Kenwood, Latvia’s Mikrotikls and US firms Motorola and Ubiquiti.

One of the projects of Topaz:

> Digital hybrid communication system. DMR POC LAN-Network

https://topaz.am/sample-page/