Chairman, Ranking Member of Commerce Committee Co-Sponsor Huawei Alternative 5G Bill
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the top Republican on the committee want to authorize up to $750 million in grants to accelerate the deployment of “open interfaced, standards-based, and interoperable 5G networks.” Because the leadership of the committee supports the telecommunications bill introduced April 24, it's likely to pass the House. There is a companion bill in the Senate with bipartisan support.
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“The ‘USA Telecommunications Act of 2020’ will encourage more competition in the network equipment market and help lower costs for trusted equipment over the long term. By promoting a more competitive market of trusted alternatives to suspect 5G equipment, we can more easily secure our critical networks and bring like-minded countries with us. We look forward to moving this bill through Congress soon,” Chairman Frank Pallone said in a press release.