FCC adds Kaspersky, two Chinese telecoms to covered list for rip-and-replace program

The Federal Communications Commission is expanding the number of untrustworthy vendors that Universal Service Fund recipients must strip from their networks, adding three new companies to the rip-and-replace program where rural telecoms can ask for reimbursement to recoup the cost of removal for certain equipment and services.

“The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today added equipment and services from three entities -- AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp, and China Mobile International USA Inc. --...