Huawei, ZTE Fight to Stay Off Blacklist, as U.S. Firms Fear Ban
- Company makes case as FCC eyes ZTE, Huawei over cyber safety
- FCC considering costs to U.S. mobile providers to rip out gear
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Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. on Monday asked U.S. regulators to keep them off a list of companies deemed national security threats, a label that would bar the Chinese telecommunications equipment makers from selling gear to subsidized U.S. carriers.
Mobile broadband providers separately told the Federal Communications Commission that it would be costly for them to replace gear made by ZTE and Huawei if ordered to do so.