FCC releases proposed order establishing parameters of Huawei rip-and-replace program

The Federal Communications Commission has published a proposed order outlining the processes and procedures of how it will determine covered equipment and funding for its rip-and-replace program aimed at removing Huawei and ZTE equipment from U.S. telecom systems.

“The Commission plays an important role in protecting America’s communications networks and, today, we take further steps toward securing our communications networks by implementing the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (Secure Networks Act),” the FCC writes in the...