The United States is shelling out big money to kick Huawei out of America’s telecom network.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday said it would open a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural U.S. telecom carriers for removing network equipment made by Chinese companies deemed national security threats like Huawei.
Huawei is a Chinese tech giant, and it’s also a top telecom equipment maker. But Washington says the company is a trojan horse that spies for Beijing and has warned allies to not use Huawei’s equipment.