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T-Mobile Chief Gives Congress Pledge Not to Use Huawei Gear
- CEO Legere tells House lawmakers that network won’t use Huawei
- Pledge made in testimony prepared for House hearing Wednesday
John Legere
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T-Mobile US Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Legere says his company doesn’t use equipment from Huawei Technologies Co., and won’t after buying Sprint Corp. to form a bigger No. 3 in the U.S. wireless market.
“Let me be clear –- we do not use Huawei or ZTE network equipment in any area of our network. Period. And we will never use it in our 5G network,” Legere said in written testimony prepared for a hearing Wednesday before the House communications subcommittee.