Cites extremely nascent OpenRAN as country s great hope
Matthew Hughes Tue 27 Apr 2021 // 18:49 UTC Share
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Smaller carriers and networks are the weakest link in America’s telecommunications supply chain, FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks claimed while speaking at a supply chain integrity workshop.
“I’ve spoken to many rural wireless carriers about how they came to purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment in the first place. While they did so legally and in good faith, concerns about this equipment aren’t exactly new,” he said, noting a nearly decade-old bipartisan report from the House Intelligence Committee that urged carriers to avoid procuring kit from the two Chinese vendors.