Senate passes bill providing $1 billion for rural telecom networks to replace Huawei

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The Senate passed a bill that would prohibit the use of federal funds to purchase equipment from Huawei and provide $1 billion for rural telecom companies to replace equipment from the Chinese tech giant that the U.S. has blacklisted.

6 min read"U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Huawei," he said.

"This bipartisan bill will help communities across the country by bolstering efforts to keep our communications supply chain safe from foreign adversaries and other dangerous actors, while helping small and rural providers remove and replace suspect network equipment," the statement added. David Stehlin, the trade group's CEO, called it"a critical step in securing our network and ensuring the integrity of the telecommunications supply chain as we usher in the 5G era."

Huawei argued that the legislation would hurt only customers and businesses, especially in rural areas.

 

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