"The Federal Communications Commission unanimously adopted an order to create a fund for reimbursing smaller telecommunications operators removing any equipment from untrusted Chinese providers—Huawei and ZTE— in their supply chains, assuming Congress appropriates the money.
Commissioners used strong ideological rhetoric in voting to approve the order Thursday, while Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel warned the commission’s actions are being taken in the shadow of China’s role developing global standards for fifth-generation networking technology and urged a more comprehensive approach to securing U.S. telecommunications infrastructure."
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2020/12/fcc-adopts-order-rip-and-replace-huawei-zte-equipment-amid-5g-security-challenges/170678/
From the FCC Doc (November 10, 2020):
The Commission has already taken critical steps to protect communications network supply chains, including prohibiting the use of Universal Service Fund support to purchase any equipment or services from companies posing a threat to national security and later designating two foreign companies as national security threats. Today, we take another major step towards securing our communications networks by adopting rules to implement the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-368268A1.pdf
The CSRIC is a Federal Advisory Committee that will provide recommendations to the FCC regarding best practices and actions the FCC can take to ensure the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications systems.
[crappy] Meeting audio from Dec. 9th re:
transition from 4G and 5G
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2020/12/communications-security-reliability-and-interoperability-council-vii