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FCC Repays Loan as Rip-and-Replace Delays Persist

VoIP network providers remove Huawei and ZTE equipment. Despite repaying a 3.08 billion Treasury loan, carriers cite supply chain issues, tower crew shortages, ransomware, and reimbursement slowdowns, highlighting ongoing challenges for secure 5G, mobile, and communications infrastructure nationwide upgrades

FCC Repays Loan as Rip-and-Replace Delays Persist

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VoIP network providers remove Huawei and ZTE equipment.

Despite repaying a 3.08 billion Treasury loan, carriers cite supply chain issues, tower crew shortages, ransomware, and reimbursement slowdowns, highlighting ongoing challenges for secure 5G, mobile, and...

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VoIP network providers remove Huawei and ZTE equipment. Despite repaying a 3.08 billion Treasury loan, carriers cite supply chain issues, tower crew shortages, ransomware, and reimbursement slowdowns, highlighting ongoing challenges for secure 5G, mobile, and communications infrastructure nationwide upgrades

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Despite repaying a 3.08 billion Treasury loan, carriers cite supply chain issues, tower crew shortages, ransomware, and reimbursement slowdowns, highlighting ongoing challenges for secure 5G, mobile, and communications infrastructure nationwide upgrades

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