Huawei will appeal exclusion from US network rollout.

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US government earmarks $8.5bn for programme.

Huawei is set to challenge a decision made by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that prevents mobile operators in the country from using government funds to buy its telecommunications networking equipment.

Chinese vendors have largely been excluded from the US market, with major carriers opting to use radio equipment from Ericsson, Nokia and others.

However a number of smaller providers use kit from Huawei and ZTE because it is relatively inexpensive.


By Steve McCaskill.
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