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Verizon awarded $15 million US Navy contract

Verizon will help the Navy modernize its data services and support its next-generation voice requirements Verizon Public Sector has won a $15 million task order with Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) through the federal government’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract vehicle. Per the...

Nearly every US state sues Avid Telecom over robocalls

Avid Telecom is accused of making 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to millions of people on the Do Not Call Registry Nearly every state in the U.S. — and D.C. — has joined a lawsuit this week against Avid Telecom, accusing the company of making 7.5 billion illegal robocalls to...

UK government extends deadline for telcos to remove Huawei gear

The government confirmed that Huawei technology must be removed from the U.K.’s 5G public networks by the end of 2027 The U.K. government extended the deadline for local carriers to remove Huawei’s equipment and services in core network functions to December 31, 2023, from the...

US Dept. of Labor selects Verizon Public Sector for network modernization

The DOL has awarded Verizon Public Sector five Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task orders that will help modernize its infrastructure Not long after announcing that is has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver its 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) mobility service...

Nokia pauses work with O-RAN Alliance, citing national security concerns

Nokia joined the O-RAN Alliance in 2018, the first major RAN vendor to do so Finnish RAN vendor Nokia has been considered a driving force behind the telecom industry’s Open RAN push; however, the company is now suspending its work with the O-RAN Alliance, citing...

New GAO report calls on FCC to analyze small business broadband needs

For years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the broadband minimum benchmark speed for small businesses to be 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloading and 3 Mbps for uploading. However, a recent report published by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed...

Huawei expects U.S restrictions to remain in place for a long time: chairman

Chinese vendor Huawei is not expecting the Biden administration to remove the company from the Entity List, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said during a session with journalists at the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2021. “We believe that we will need to continue working...

Huawei CEO: New U.S administration unlikely to lift restrictions

Chinese vendor Huawei believes that it will be extremely unlikely that the new U.S. administration would lift the current restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump, Huawei’s founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, said at a media roundtable. “I think it's very unlikely that the U.S....

Chinese vendors slow down installation of 5G sites in China: Report

  Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE have been slowing down their 5G base station installation in the country, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. According to the report, the two Chinese vendors told some of its suppliers to slow down shipments of some 5G base station-related...

UK government announces full ban on Huawei 5G kit

  The U.K. government announced that Chinese vendor Huawei's gear will be completely removed from the country’s 5G networks by the end of 2027, following new recommendations by the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) on the impact of U.S. sanctions against the telecommunications vendor. The government...

U.S. considers financing for Brazilian telcos not selecting Chinese gear

  The U.S. government is considering the possibility of providing financing for the deployment of 5G in Brazil to those carriers not selecting Chinese vendors, Reuters reported, citing the U.S Ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman. The funding would come from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation...

ATIS issues call to action to promote US leadership in future 6G tech

Finland, Japan, China all also starting to think about 6G The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)  announced a call to action and shared its vision for collaboration across government, academia and industry to promote U.S. leadership on the path to 6G. ATIS noted that the timeline...

Huawei to focus on survival following new US restrictions: Chairman

Huawei Technologies Rotating Chairman Guo Ping said that "survival" would be the company’s key objective for 2020 as the U.S. government recently moved to further restrict the Chinese telecom manufacturer’s access to semiconductors. “Huawei is capable of designing some products, but we are not able...

US government moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers

  The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to restrict Chinese vendor Huawei’s ability to use U.S. chipmaking equipment and software to design and manufacture its semiconductors abroad. In a statement, BIS said that the move "cuts off...

Huawei’s 2019 revenues up 19.1% despite U.S sanctions

  Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY858.8 billion ($123 billion) in 2019, up 19.1% year-on-year, while its net profit reached CNY62.7 billion, up 5. 6% versus 2018, the company said in its annual report. Huawei invested 15.3% of its 2019 revenue – or CNY131.7 billion...

Huawei speeds up R&D investments to develop own technology: Report

  Chinese vendor Huawei announced its investments in research and development activities focused on its own technology will reach $20 billion this year, up compared to $15 billion in 2019, South China Morning Post reported Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying. “The U.S. will continue to...

US extends Huawei’s temporary general license until May 15

Huawei remains on Department of Commerce Entity List The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) officially announced that it will extend the Temporary General License (TGL) for Huawei and its non-U.S. affiliates which are subject to the Entity...

France to allow Huawei to take part in 5G network rollouts

  The French government confirmed that Chinese vendor Huawei would not be excluded from supplying equipment for local 5G networks, but could be subject to certain restrictions. “There is no discrimination towards Huawei… No, Huawei will not be excluded from the 5G in France,” Economy and...

BT to face higher costs due to Huawei’s restrictions in the UK: CEO

  U.K. telecom group BT said that the decision by the UK government to restrict the use of Huawei’s kit in the country’s 5G networks would have a cost of £500 million ($655 million) for the company over the next five years. “We are in the...

UK government approves limited 5G role for Huawei

Huawei out of the core but allowed up to 35% share of RAN The U.K. government has decided to allow Chinese vendor Huawei to continue providing equipment to local 5G networks but with certain restrictions, despite pressure from the U.S. to block the vendor. Ministers today...

Pentagon blocks plan to increase restrictions on Huawei sales: Report

The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the initiative would have a negative impact in U.S. companies, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The U.S. government...

UK officials propose limited role in 5G rollouts for Huawei: Report

  British officials have proposed granting Chinese vendor Huawei a limited role in the deployment of 5G networks in the country, resisting U.S. pressure for a complete ban, Reuters reported, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. The recommendation was made at a meeting of...

Huawei CEO: ‘We are more confident that we can survive further attacks’

  Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei said that the Chinese vendor is now “more confident” that it can survive further sanctions by the U.S. government. “This year, the U.S. might further escalate their campaign against Huawei, but I feel the impact on Huawei's business would not be...

U.S. government studies new rules to restrict shipments to Huawei: Report

  The U.S. government expects to soon publish a new rule that would expand its powers to block sales of foreign-made goods to Chinese vendor Huawei, Reuters reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. In May 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce added Huawei...