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Telcos keep using “insecure” Chinese gear because of congressional inaction | Congress only gave 38% of funds needed for "rip and replace," FCC chair says.
Congress only gave 38% of funds needed for "rip and replace," FCC chair says.
The US government has pressured telcos to rip out network gear made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE but has allocated only about 38 percent of the money needed to replace equipment with non-Chinese hardware, the Federal Communications Commission said. "Most recently, 64 percent of the status updates filed in April 2024 indicated that the lack of full funding continues to be an obstacle to completing the permanent removal, replacement, and disposal of the covered communications equipment and services in recipients' networks," Rosenworcel wrote. Rosenworcel has also recently been pleading with Congress to renew the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which gave $30 monthly discounts for broadband service to people with low incomes.
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