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Small Wisconsin Carrier Seeks More Time to Remove Chinese Gear

Wisconsin’s Country WIreless asked the FCC for a six-month deadline extension to complete the removal, replacement and disposal of covered equipment and services from its network. “Country Wireless is working diligently to install a replacement network, which will enable the…

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company to remove insecure equipment provided by Chinese manufacturers from our network,” said a filing last week: “As a small, rural operation, and through no fault of ours, we lack the financial resources to complete the project, as Congress has provided only 40% of the funds needed.”