US proposes cutting off funds for Chinese telecom equipment
Blacklisted Huawei still plans to work with US companies, Huawei's SVP says
Huawei Senior Vice President Vincent Pang tells FOX Business in an exclusive interview on Huawei working with companies in the U.S. and America's allies. Then, Lifewire.com editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff analyzes what this means.
U.S. regulators are proposing to cut off funding for Chinese equipment in U.S. telecommunications networks, citing security threats.
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The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on a proposal to bar telecom companies from using government subsidies to pay for networking equipment from Huawei and ZTE. The move mostly affects small, rural companies, as larger U.S. carriers do not use equipment from those Chinese companies.
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The agency also plans to seek comments on how to help carriers out financially if they're required to redo their networks to get rid of Chinese equipment.
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The U.S. government says Huawei poses an espionage threat, but has presented no evidence of its equipment being used for spying by the Chinese government.