Huawei Calls FCC Security Proposal 'Unlawful and Irrational'
Rethink proposed rules for secure telecom gear in U.S. networks (see 2106180039), Huawei said in reply comments posted Tuesday in FCC docket 21-232. “While Huawei shares the Commission’s stated interest in ensuring secure and reliable communications networks, the record demonstrates…
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that the proposed rules would be an unlawful and irrational way to address purposed risks associated with RF equipment,” the company said: “Proposed rules are fundamentally flawed in seeking to preclude and revoke RF equipment authorizations of selected companies without considering whether the equipment poses any interference or security risk.” The rules are also “overly burdensome and costly, would be ineffective at best, and violate obligations of World Trade Organization members and fundamental principles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,” Huawei said.