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The FCC voted Thursday to implement a program that will pay some US network operators to rip out their Huawei and ZTE equipment and replace it with trusted infrastructure.
However, the effort s details remain somewhat vague, including exactly where network operators can turn to for replacement parts.
Interestingly, the agency did offer one clear guideline on the topic: It s OK for network operators in the program to use open RAN equipment. The Replacement List should include equipment and services equipped, or upgradable to, be used in O-RAN, or in virtualized networks, the FCC wrote in its new 130-page order on the topic, using the O-RAN moniker to refer to open RAN technology. Including O-RAN equipment and services . is consistent with the Secure Networks Act s requirement that the Replacement List be technologically neutral.