ZTE seeks delay in cut-off of FCC Universal Service Fund money for purchasing its equipment

Chinese communications-tech firm ZTE is urging the Federal Communications Commission to hold off on barring U.S. telecom providers from using federal funds to purchase its equipment and services, until the agency evaluates “inconsistencies” between a new rip-and-replace law and ongoing rulemaking efforts.

“The Act codifies Congress’s clear intent that there be no blanket prohibition against the use of USF [Universal Service Fund] funds on any and all equipment and services from individual companies, but instead that the prohibition be targeted...