Daft US telcos are ripping out Huawei and ZTE gear

Stefan Mileschin · 3rd November 2021, 08:26

And replacing it with something more expensive thanks to the tax payer

US telcos are having to rip out perfectly good Chinese networking gear and replace it with something more expensive and patriotic.

On the hit list is Huawei and ZTE gear which works really well and is rather cheap and would still be there if the Federal Communications Commission had not started a reimbursement programme which involves giving the telcos lots of cash to take it all out.

The US government, without any evidence, has decided that the gear is a threat to national security. That means that telecoms can apply for subsidies to purge the hardware from their networks. The move will be hugely expensive for the taxpayer as it is unclear how much of the gear is out there.

In fact the taxpayer will not know how much it will have to shell out until the telcos file their expense bills.

https://fudzilla.com/news/network/53...i-and-zte-gear

3rd November 2021, 08:26	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Daft US telcos are ripping out Huawei and ZTE gear And replacing it with something more expensive thanks to the tax payer US telcos are having to rip out perfectly good Chinese networking gear and replace it with something more expensive and patriotic. On the hit list is Huawei and ZTE gear which works really well and is rather cheap and would still be there if the Federal Communications Commission had not started a reimbursement programme which involves giving the telcos lots of cash to take it all out. The US government, without any evidence, has decided that the gear is a threat to national security. That means that telecoms can apply for subsidies to purge the hardware from their networks. The move will be hugely expensive for the taxpayer as it is unclear how much of the gear is out there. In fact the taxpayer will not know how much it will have to shell out until the telcos file their expense bills. https://fudzilla.com/news/network/53...i-and-zte-gear

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