FCC Expands Covered List Ban
The agency also granted another waiver under its router ban, as requests keep coming in
The agency also granted another waiver under its router ban, as requests keep coming in
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2026 – The Federal Communications Commission is banning more Chinese networking gear from being imported to the U.S., the agency said Friday.
The FCC added Chinese firms like Huawei and ZTE to its covered list in 2022, meaning new telecom equipment from those companies couldn’t be imported and sold in the U.S.
Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference, Stankey says, ‘That copper needs to come out, it needs to be monetized’
Tentative NTIA estimates appear to target about half those locations
The company is working on a ‘cost transformation’ aimed at saving billions, CFO Jason Armstrong said
Britain held its network 114 years. America's experiment lasted twelve months, ending August 1919.
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