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FCC Issues "Rip and Replace" Order to Telecom Companies Using Huawei Equipment
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered certain US telecommunications companies to remove Huawei equipment from their network. The FCC has also started the process of revoking China Telecom's authorization to operate in the US. The "rip and replace" order is the latest US move against Huawei made on national security grounds. The order includes subsidies for smaller carriers for removing and replacing the equipment, but the commission can't actually implement the reimbursements without the approval of funding from congress. FCC chairman Ajit Pai said Huawei has close ties to the Chinese military and intelligence communities as well as the Communist Party, and those ties are at "every level of the company—all the way up to its founder". "The concerns about Huawei aren't just hypothetical: Independent entities have identified numerous security vulnerabilities in Huawei equipment and found it to be less secure than that of other companies—perhaps deliberately so," Mr. Pai said. He said Huawei is also subject to "sweeping" laws compelling the company's assistance and cooperation with Chinese intelligence services and forbidding the disclosure of that assistance. media caption Huawei's UK director of communications, Ed Brewster, says the UK's decision is about trade. The FCC estimated the program will require at least $1.6bn (£1.2bn) to reimburse eligible providers that take federal subsidies mostly to provide service in rural areas of the US. The FCC also rejected a petition from Huawei asking the agency to reconsider its decision designating the company as a national security threat to communications networks.
FCC also began the process of revoking China Telecom's authorization to "provide domestic interstate and international telecommunications services within the United States”. The company's US subsidiary was asked in April to "show cause why the Commission should not start a process for revoking and terminating" its authorization. The FCC said that China Telecom had "failed to provide a satisfactory response to the concerns".
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered certain US telecommunications companies to remove Huawei equipment from their network. The FCC has also started the process of revoking China Telecom's authorization to operate in the US. The "rip and replace" order is the latest US move against Huawei made on national security grounds. The order includes subsidies for smaller carriers for removing and replacing the equipment, but the commission can't actually implement the reimbursements without the approval of funding from congress. FCC chairman Ajit Pai said Huawei has close ties to the Chinese military and intelligence communities as well as the Communist Party, and those ties are at "every level of the company—all the way up to its founder". "The concerns about Huawei aren't just hypothetical: Independent entities have identified numerous security vulnerabilities in Huawei equipment and found it to be less secure than that of other companies—perhaps deliberately so," Mr. Pai said. He said Huawei is also subject to "sweeping" laws compelling the company's assistance and cooperation with Chinese intelligence services and forbidding the disclosure of that assistance. media caption Huawei's UK director of communications, Ed Brewster, says the UK's decision is about trade. The FCC estimated the program will require at least $1.6bn (£1.2bn) to reimburse eligible providers that take federal subsidies mostly to provide service in rural areas of the US. The FCC also rejected a petition from Huawei asking the agency to reconsider its decision designating the company as a national security threat to communications networks.
FCC also began the process of revoking China Telecom's authorization to "provide domestic interstate and international telecommunications services within the United States”. The company's US subsidiary was asked in April to "show cause why the Commission should not start a process for revoking and terminating" its authorization. The FCC said that China Telecom had "failed to provide a satisfactory response to the concerns".
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