US to Replace Huawei, ZTE Equipment

US announced on Monday banning Huawei from participating in its 5G infrastructure development as well as the U.S. telecom providers with existing  ZTE equipment will be required to rip and replace them basing on new rules issued by the FCC.

Meanwhile, the US government are set to support a $1.9 billion program that will provide funding to remove telecom network equipment which the government has classified as posing a national security risk.

Later, the FCC officially designated Huawei and ZTE as national security threats, accusing the companies of having close ties to the Chinese government . Noteworthy, the United Kingdom also banned the firm and asked telecom network carriers to remove the Chinese company’s infrastructure by 2027. It recently banned the installation of new 5G equipment from Huawei after September 2021.

Moreover, Finland, is set to pass a law that could exclude the firm from networks as it announced on December, its plans to introduce a new law which could see Chinese telecommunications equipment excluded from the nation’s networks. It follows Finland’s minister of transport and communications, Timo Harakka, stating the country would not directly be banning Huawei equipment with the law, according to Sky news.

Meanwhile, Huawei’s Head of Public Affairs Hennariikka Andersson explained that the Finnish law, is “fair and objective,” with “a more realistic approach focusing on equipment instead of vendors.