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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 176 (from laksa105)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa176.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.lightreading.com/security/the-us-is-moving-very-very-slowly-away-from-huawei\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.lightreading.com/security/the-us-is-moving-very-very-slowly-away-from-huawei\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/security\/the-us-is-moving-very-very-slowly-away-from-huawei","crawl_time":1776118144,"first_indexed_time":1720083475,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,lightreading!www,\/security\/the-us-is-moving-very-very-slowly-away-from-huawei s443","src_root_hash":"15560047924765713376","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"The US is moving very, very slowly away from Huawei","meta_descriptions":["So far only 12% of the companies in the FCC's Huawei 'rip and replace' program have finished their work. Meanwhile, the US military is struggling to implement a full ban on connections to Huawei supporters."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Mike Dano,\nEditorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies,\nLight Reading\nJuly 3, 2024\n4 Min Read\n(Source: Sipa US\/Alamy Stock Photo)\nUS companies and government entities aren't making much progress in shifting away from Huawei.\nFor example, only 12% of the companies in the FCC's \"rip and replace\" program have finished their work on the project. The agency's effort is designed to finance the complete removal of Chinese-made equipment from US networks.\nSeparately,\nBloomberg reported\nthat US military officials are seeking another waiver from a 2019 law that bans the US Department of Defense (DoD) from contracting with anyone who uses Huawei equipment. It has done so every year since the law was passed.\nAt the same time, Huawei itself\nhas reported significant gains\n. Its revenues last year were up nearly a tenth, to about $96.9 billion. In its smartphone-making consumer business, sales grew 17%, to roughly $34.6 billion.\n\"\nAmerica's assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring\n,\" noted The Economist in a detailed briefing on the topic last month.\nBroadly, US officials argue equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei poses a security threat. As a result, they've been working to expunge that equipment from US networks and to encourage US allies to employ similar bans. Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE have long argued that their equipment cannot be used for espionage.\nRipping and replacing\nThe 2019 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act appropriated $1.9 billion for US network operators\nto remove network equipment from Chinese vendors\nHuawei and ZTE. However, that's just 40% of what the 126 companies in the program believe they need to finish the job.\nCongress has been working to pass legislation that would put another $3 billion into the program, but so far\nit has failed to pass that legislation\n.\nAs a result, a number of companies in the program\nhave asked for waivers\nin the hopes that Congress will provide additional funding into the program. According to\na new report from the FCC\n, around 40% of \"rip and replace\" participants believe they won't be able to finish the removal, replacement and disposal process unless additional funding is provided.\nBut others have been able to complete their work with current funding. The FCC said 14 of the 126 applicants in the program have finished their work. The FCC has so far allocated $693 million in claims in the program.\nSome companies don't believe Congress will ever cough up more money for the FCC's \"rip and replace\" program.\n\"It appears that federal funding of the remainder of the project is unlikely; therefore, we have devoted significant engineering and administrative resources in search of viable alternative solutions that would allow us to comply with the program,\" wrote officials from NfinityLink\nin a new filing with the FCC\n. \"This effort took a substantial amount of engineering and administrative resources to find a solution that leads to compliance without full funding. While a compliance solution has been determined, this solution requires a significant amount of re-engineering of the system and results in a substantial reduction in NfinityLink's overall system capacity.\"\nNfinityLink asked for another three months to complete its \"rip and replace\" work, noting in part ongoing delays in obtaining replacement Nokia equipment.\nThe DoD's waiver\nAccording to\na new Bloomberg article\n, the DoD is seeking another formal waiver to its obligations under Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which bars government agencies from signing contracts with entities that use Huawei components.\nThat legislation is intended to push the US and its allies away from Chinese suppliers like Huawei.\nBut military officials are finding that a difficult proposition. In April, the Pentagon argued it needed a waiver from the Huawei ban to continue \"vital resupply missions in the Indo-Pacific, European and African theaters.\"\nAfter all, some regulators in international countries have not embarked on the Huawei bans that started under the Trump administration and continue under the Biden administration.\nAnother prong in the US campaign against Huawei was to gum up the vendor's supply chains by preventing US companies from selling components to Huawei.\nThat effort continues.\nAccording to Reuters\n, Biden administration officials have revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei.\nAbout the Author\nEditorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading\nMike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at\nmike.dano@lightreading.com,\n@mikeddano\n or on \nLinkedIn\n.\nBased in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.","attrs_markdown":"![](data:image\/png;base64,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Meanwhile, the US military is struggling to implement a full ban on connections to Huawei supporters.\n\n[![Picture of Mike Dano](https:\/\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6\/blt3d419f249bc93ced\/650369e1d63238da6c47ebc2\/mike-dano-cropped.jpeg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/author\/mike-dano)\n\n[Mike Dano,](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/author\/mike-dano)Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies,Light Reading\n\nJuly 3, 2024\n\n4 Min Read\n\n![A Huawei shop in Beijing with people walking past](https:\/\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6\/blt381a741f4f01c341\/651c0f79045e3be2a0299a1c\/Huawei.jpeg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&format=jpg&disable=upscale)\n\n(Source: Sipa US\/Alamy Stock Photo)\n\nUS companies and government entities aren't making much progress in shifting away from Huawei.\n\nFor example, only 12% of the companies in the FCC's \"rip and replace\" program have finished their work on the project. The agency's effort is designed to finance the complete removal of Chinese-made equipment from US networks.\n\nSeparately, [Bloomberg reported](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-03\/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve) that US military officials are seeking another waiver from a 2019 law that bans the US Department of Defense (DoD) from contracting with anyone who uses Huawei equipment. It has done so every year since the law was passed.\n\nAt the same time, Huawei itself [has reported significant gains](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/5g\/huawei-has-a-chip-problem-but-it-s-far-from-being-a-write-off). Its revenues last year were up nearly a tenth, to about \\$96.9 billion. In its smartphone-making consumer business, sales grew 17%, to roughly \\$34.6 billion.\n\n\"[America's assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/briefing\/2024\/06\/13\/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring),\" noted The Economist in a detailed briefing on the topic last month.\n\nBroadly, US officials argue equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei poses a security threat. As a result, they've been working to expunge that equipment from US networks and to encourage US allies to employ similar bans. Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE have long argued that their equipment cannot be used for espionage.\n\nRipping and replacing\n\nThe 2019 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act appropriated \\$1.9 billion for US network operators [to remove network equipment from Chinese vendors](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/wireless\/fcc-warns-of-significant-consequences-without-more-rip-and-replace-funds) Huawei and ZTE. However, that's just 40% of what the 126 companies in the program believe they need to finish the job.\n\nCongress has been working to pass legislation that would put another \\$3 billion into the program, but so far [it has failed to pass that legislation](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/5g\/no-end-in-sight-for-5g-spectrum-squabbling).\n\nAs a result, a number of companies in the program [have asked for waivers](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/digital-divide\/carolina-west-wireless-we-might-pull-out-of-some-rural-areas) in the hopes that Congress will provide additional funding into the program. According to [a new report from the FCC](https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-403626A1.pdf), around 40% of \"rip and replace\" participants believe they won't be able to finish the removal, replacement and disposal process unless additional funding is provided.\n\nBut others have been able to complete their work with current funding. The FCC said 14 of the 126 applicants in the program have finished their work. The FCC has so far allocated \\$693 million in claims in the program.\n\nSome companies don't believe Congress will ever cough up more money for the FCC's \"rip and replace\" program.\n\n\"It appears that federal funding of the remainder of the project is unlikely; therefore, we have devoted significant engineering and administrative resources in search of viable alternative solutions that would allow us to comply with the program,\" wrote officials from NfinityLink [in a new filing with the FCC](https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/document\/107020577323658\/1). \"This effort took a substantial amount of engineering and administrative resources to find a solution that leads to compliance without full funding. While a compliance solution has been determined, this solution requires a significant amount of re-engineering of the system and results in a substantial reduction in NfinityLink's overall system capacity.\"\n\nNfinityLink asked for another three months to complete its \"rip and replace\" work, noting in part ongoing delays in obtaining replacement Nokia equipment.\n\nThe DoD's waiver\n\nAccording to [a new Bloomberg article](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-03\/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve), the DoD is seeking another formal waiver to its obligations under Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which bars government agencies from signing contracts with entities that use Huawei components.\n\nThat legislation is intended to push the US and its allies away from Chinese suppliers like Huawei.\n\nBut military officials are finding that a difficult proposition. In April, the Pentagon argued it needed a waiver from the Huawei ban to continue \"vital resupply missions in the Indo-Pacific, European and African theaters.\"\n\nAfter all, some regulators in international countries have not embarked on the Huawei bans that started under the Trump administration and continue under the Biden administration.\n\nAnother prong in the US campaign against Huawei was to gum up the vendor's supply chains by preventing US companies from selling components to Huawei.\n\nThat effort continues. [According to Reuters](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/biden-revoked-8-licenses-chinas-huawei-2024-document-shows-2024-07-02\/), Biden administration officials have revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei.\n\nRead more about:\n\n[Asia](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/keyword\/asia)\n\n## About the Author\n[![Mike Dano](https:\/\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6\/blt3d419f249bc93ced\/650369e1d63238da6c47ebc2\/mike-dano-cropped.jpeg?width=400&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/author\/mike-dano)\n\n[Mike Dano](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/author\/mike-dano)\n\nEditorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading\n\nMike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at [mike.dano@lightreading.com,](mailto:mike.dano@lightreading.com) [@mikeddano](https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeddano) or on [LinkedIn](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikedano).\n\nBased in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.\n\n[See more from Mike Dano](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/author\/mike-dano)\n\n[![Add as a preferred source on Google](https:\/\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6\/blt6ed039842556a881\/69b4704bb1d3880b56fc5aed\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png?width=800&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/)\n\n## Want more Light Reading stories in your Google search results?\n[Add Us Now](https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/)\n\nSubscribe and receive the latest news from the industry.\n\nJoin 62,000+ members. 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The agency's effort is designed to finance the complete removal of Chinese-made equipment from US networks.\n\nSeparately, [Bloomberg reported](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-03\/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve) that US military officials are seeking another waiver from a 2019 law that bans the US Department of Defense (DoD) from contracting with anyone who uses Huawei equipment. It has done so every year since the law was passed.\n\nAt the same time, Huawei itself [has reported significant gains](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/5g\/huawei-has-a-chip-problem-but-it-s-far-from-being-a-write-off). Its revenues last year were up nearly a tenth, to about \\$96.9 billion. In its smartphone-making consumer business, sales grew 17%, to roughly \\$34.6 billion.\n\n\"[America's assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring](https:\/\/www.economist.com\/briefing\/2024\/06\/13\/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring),\" noted The Economist in a detailed briefing on the topic last month.\n\nBroadly, US officials argue equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei poses a security threat. As a result, they've been working to expunge that equipment from US networks and to encourage US allies to employ similar bans. Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE have long argued that their equipment cannot be used for espionage.\n\nRipping and replacing\n\nThe 2019 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act appropriated \\$1.9 billion for US network operators [to remove network equipment from Chinese vendors](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/wireless\/fcc-warns-of-significant-consequences-without-more-rip-and-replace-funds) Huawei and ZTE. However, that's just 40% of what the 126 companies in the program believe they need to finish the job.\n\nCongress has been working to pass legislation that would put another \\$3 billion into the program, but so far [it has failed to pass that legislation](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/5g\/no-end-in-sight-for-5g-spectrum-squabbling).\n\nAs a result, a number of companies in the program [have asked for waivers](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/digital-divide\/carolina-west-wireless-we-might-pull-out-of-some-rural-areas) in the hopes that Congress will provide additional funding into the program. According to [a new report from the FCC](https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-403626A1.pdf), around 40% of \"rip and replace\" participants believe they won't be able to finish the removal, replacement and disposal process unless additional funding is provided.\n\nBut others have been able to complete their work with current funding. The FCC said 14 of the 126 applicants in the program have finished their work. The FCC has so far allocated \\$693 million in claims in the program.\n\nSome companies don't believe Congress will ever cough up more money for the FCC's \"rip and replace\" program.\n\n\"It appears that federal funding of the remainder of the project is unlikely; therefore, we have devoted significant engineering and administrative resources in search of viable alternative solutions that would allow us to comply with the program,\" wrote officials from NfinityLink [in a new filing with the FCC](https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/document\/107020577323658\/1). \"This effort took a substantial amount of engineering and administrative resources to find a solution that leads to compliance without full funding. While a compliance solution has been determined, this solution requires a significant amount of re-engineering of the system and results in a substantial reduction in NfinityLink's overall system capacity.\"\n\nNfinityLink asked for another three months to complete its \"rip and replace\" work, noting in part ongoing delays in obtaining replacement Nokia equipment.\n\nThe DoD's waiver\n\nAccording to [a new Bloomberg article](https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-07-03\/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve), the DoD is seeking another formal waiver to its obligations under Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which bars government agencies from signing contracts with entities that use Huawei components.\n\nThat legislation is intended to push the US and its allies away from Chinese suppliers like Huawei.\n\nBut military officials are finding that a difficult proposition. In April, the Pentagon argued it needed a waiver from the Huawei ban to continue \"vital resupply missions in the Indo-Pacific, European and African theaters.\"\n\nAfter all, some regulators in international countries have not embarked on the Huawei bans that started under the Trump administration and continue under the Biden administration.\n\nAnother prong in the US campaign against Huawei was to gum up the vendor's supply chains by preventing US companies from selling components to Huawei.\n\nThat effort continues. [According to Reuters](https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/biden-revoked-8-licenses-chinas-huawei-2024-document-shows-2024-07-02\/), Biden administration officials have revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei.\n\n## About the Author\n[![Mike Dano](https:\/\/eu-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6\/blt3d419f249bc93ced\/650369e1d63238da6c47ebc2\/mike-dano-cropped.jpeg?width=400&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https:\/\/www.lightreading.com\/author\/mike-dano)\n\nEditorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading\n\nMike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at [mike.dano@lightreading.com,](mailto:mike.dano@lightreading.com) [@mikeddano](https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeddano) or on [LinkedIn](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikedano).\n\nBased in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading July 3, 2024 4 Min Read (Source: Sipa US/Alamy Stock Photo) US companies and government entities aren't making much progress in shifting away from Huawei. For example, only 12% of the companies in the FCC's "rip and replace" program have finished their work on the project. The agency's effort is designed to finance the complete removal of Chinese-made equipment from US networks. Separately, Bloomberg reported that US military officials are seeking another waiver from a 2019 law that bans the US Department of Defense (DoD) from contracting with anyone who uses Huawei equipment. It has done so every year since the law was passed. At the same time, Huawei itself has reported significant gains . Its revenues last year were up nearly a tenth, to about $96.9 billion. In its smartphone-making consumer business, sales grew 17%, to roughly $34.6 billion. " America's assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring ," noted The Economist in a detailed briefing on the topic last month. Broadly, US officials argue equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei poses a security threat. As a result, they've been working to expunge that equipment from US networks and to encourage US allies to employ similar bans. Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE have long argued that their equipment cannot be used for espionage. Ripping and replacing The 2019 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act appropriated $1.9 billion for US network operators to remove network equipment from Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE. However, that's just 40% of what the 126 companies in the program believe they need to finish the job. Congress has been working to pass legislation that would put another $3 billion into the program, but so far it has failed to pass that legislation . As a result, a number of companies in the program have asked for waivers in the hopes that Congress will provide additional funding into the program. According to a new report from the FCC , around 40% of "rip and replace" participants believe they won't be able to finish the removal, replacement and disposal process unless additional funding is provided. But others have been able to complete their work with current funding. The FCC said 14 of the 126 applicants in the program have finished their work. The FCC has so far allocated $693 million in claims in the program. Some companies don't believe Congress will ever cough up more money for the FCC's "rip and replace" program. "It appears that federal funding of the remainder of the project is unlikely; therefore, we have devoted significant engineering and administrative resources in search of viable alternative solutions that would allow us to comply with the program," wrote officials from NfinityLink in a new filing with the FCC . "This effort took a substantial amount of engineering and administrative resources to find a solution that leads to compliance without full funding. While a compliance solution has been determined, this solution requires a significant amount of re-engineering of the system and results in a substantial reduction in NfinityLink's overall system capacity." NfinityLink asked for another three months to complete its "rip and replace" work, noting in part ongoing delays in obtaining replacement Nokia equipment. The DoD's waiver According to a new Bloomberg article , the DoD is seeking another formal waiver to its obligations under Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which bars government agencies from signing contracts with entities that use Huawei components. That legislation is intended to push the US and its allies away from Chinese suppliers like Huawei. But military officials are finding that a difficult proposition. In April, the Pentagon argued it needed a waiver from the Huawei ban to continue "vital resupply missions in the Indo-Pacific, European and African theaters." After all, some regulators in international countries have not embarked on the Huawei bans that started under the Trump administration and continue under the Biden administration. Another prong in the US campaign against Huawei was to gum up the vendor's supply chains by preventing US companies from selling components to Huawei. That effort continues. According to Reuters , Biden administration officials have revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei. About the Author Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading Mike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at mike.dano@lightreading.com, @mikeddano or on LinkedIn . Based in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.
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Meanwhile, the US military is struggling to implement a full ban on connections to Huawei supporters. [![Picture of Mike Dano](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6/blt3d419f249bc93ced/650369e1d63238da6c47ebc2/mike-dano-cropped.jpeg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https://www.lightreading.com/author/mike-dano) [Mike Dano,](https://www.lightreading.com/author/mike-dano)Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies,Light Reading July 3, 2024 4 Min Read ![A Huawei shop in Beijing with people walking past](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6/blt381a741f4f01c341/651c0f79045e3be2a0299a1c/Huawei.jpeg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&format=jpg&disable=upscale) (Source: Sipa US/Alamy Stock Photo) US companies and government entities aren't making much progress in shifting away from Huawei. For example, only 12% of the companies in the FCC's "rip and replace" program have finished their work on the project. The agency's effort is designed to finance the complete removal of Chinese-made equipment from US networks. Separately, [Bloomberg reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-03/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve) that US military officials are seeking another waiver from a 2019 law that bans the US Department of Defense (DoD) from contracting with anyone who uses Huawei equipment. It has done so every year since the law was passed. At the same time, Huawei itself [has reported significant gains](https://www.lightreading.com/5g/huawei-has-a-chip-problem-but-it-s-far-from-being-a-write-off). Its revenues last year were up nearly a tenth, to about \$96.9 billion. In its smartphone-making consumer business, sales grew 17%, to roughly \$34.6 billion. "[America's assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring](https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/06/13/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring)," noted The Economist in a detailed briefing on the topic last month. Broadly, US officials argue equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei poses a security threat. As a result, they've been working to expunge that equipment from US networks and to encourage US allies to employ similar bans. Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE have long argued that their equipment cannot be used for espionage. Ripping and replacing The 2019 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act appropriated \$1.9 billion for US network operators [to remove network equipment from Chinese vendors](https://www.lightreading.com/wireless/fcc-warns-of-significant-consequences-without-more-rip-and-replace-funds) Huawei and ZTE. However, that's just 40% of what the 126 companies in the program believe they need to finish the job. Congress has been working to pass legislation that would put another \$3 billion into the program, but so far [it has failed to pass that legislation](https://www.lightreading.com/5g/no-end-in-sight-for-5g-spectrum-squabbling). As a result, a number of companies in the program [have asked for waivers](https://www.lightreading.com/digital-divide/carolina-west-wireless-we-might-pull-out-of-some-rural-areas) in the hopes that Congress will provide additional funding into the program. According to [a new report from the FCC](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-403626A1.pdf), around 40% of "rip and replace" participants believe they won't be able to finish the removal, replacement and disposal process unless additional funding is provided. But others have been able to complete their work with current funding. The FCC said 14 of the 126 applicants in the program have finished their work. The FCC has so far allocated \$693 million in claims in the program. Some companies don't believe Congress will ever cough up more money for the FCC's "rip and replace" program. "It appears that federal funding of the remainder of the project is unlikely; therefore, we have devoted significant engineering and administrative resources in search of viable alternative solutions that would allow us to comply with the program," wrote officials from NfinityLink [in a new filing with the FCC](https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/107020577323658/1). "This effort took a substantial amount of engineering and administrative resources to find a solution that leads to compliance without full funding. While a compliance solution has been determined, this solution requires a significant amount of re-engineering of the system and results in a substantial reduction in NfinityLink's overall system capacity." NfinityLink asked for another three months to complete its "rip and replace" work, noting in part ongoing delays in obtaining replacement Nokia equipment. The DoD's waiver According to [a new Bloomberg article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-03/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve), the DoD is seeking another formal waiver to its obligations under Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which bars government agencies from signing contracts with entities that use Huawei components. That legislation is intended to push the US and its allies away from Chinese suppliers like Huawei. But military officials are finding that a difficult proposition. In April, the Pentagon argued it needed a waiver from the Huawei ban to continue "vital resupply missions in the Indo-Pacific, European and African theaters." After all, some regulators in international countries have not embarked on the Huawei bans that started under the Trump administration and continue under the Biden administration. Another prong in the US campaign against Huawei was to gum up the vendor's supply chains by preventing US companies from selling components to Huawei. That effort continues. [According to Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-revoked-8-licenses-chinas-huawei-2024-document-shows-2024-07-02/), Biden administration officials have revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei. Read more about: [Asia](https://www.lightreading.com/keyword/asia) ## About the Author [![Mike Dano](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6/blt3d419f249bc93ced/650369e1d63238da6c47ebc2/mike-dano-cropped.jpeg?width=400&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https://www.lightreading.com/author/mike-dano) [Mike Dano](https://www.lightreading.com/author/mike-dano) Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading Mike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. 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Separately, [Bloomberg reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-03/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve) that US military officials are seeking another waiver from a 2019 law that bans the US Department of Defense (DoD) from contracting with anyone who uses Huawei equipment. It has done so every year since the law was passed. At the same time, Huawei itself [has reported significant gains](https://www.lightreading.com/5g/huawei-has-a-chip-problem-but-it-s-far-from-being-a-write-off). Its revenues last year were up nearly a tenth, to about \$96.9 billion. In its smartphone-making consumer business, sales grew 17%, to roughly \$34.6 billion. "[America's assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring](https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/06/13/americas-assassination-attempt-on-huawei-is-backfiring)," noted The Economist in a detailed briefing on the topic last month. Broadly, US officials argue equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei poses a security threat. As a result, they've been working to expunge that equipment from US networks and to encourage US allies to employ similar bans. Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE have long argued that their equipment cannot be used for espionage. Ripping and replacing The 2019 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act appropriated \$1.9 billion for US network operators [to remove network equipment from Chinese vendors](https://www.lightreading.com/wireless/fcc-warns-of-significant-consequences-without-more-rip-and-replace-funds) Huawei and ZTE. However, that's just 40% of what the 126 companies in the program believe they need to finish the job. Congress has been working to pass legislation that would put another \$3 billion into the program, but so far [it has failed to pass that legislation](https://www.lightreading.com/5g/no-end-in-sight-for-5g-spectrum-squabbling). As a result, a number of companies in the program [have asked for waivers](https://www.lightreading.com/digital-divide/carolina-west-wireless-we-might-pull-out-of-some-rural-areas) in the hopes that Congress will provide additional funding into the program. According to [a new report from the FCC](https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-403626A1.pdf), around 40% of "rip and replace" participants believe they won't be able to finish the removal, replacement and disposal process unless additional funding is provided. But others have been able to complete their work with current funding. The FCC said 14 of the 126 applicants in the program have finished their work. The FCC has so far allocated \$693 million in claims in the program. Some companies don't believe Congress will ever cough up more money for the FCC's "rip and replace" program. "It appears that federal funding of the remainder of the project is unlikely; therefore, we have devoted significant engineering and administrative resources in search of viable alternative solutions that would allow us to comply with the program," wrote officials from NfinityLink [in a new filing with the FCC](https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/107020577323658/1). "This effort took a substantial amount of engineering and administrative resources to find a solution that leads to compliance without full funding. While a compliance solution has been determined, this solution requires a significant amount of re-engineering of the system and results in a substantial reduction in NfinityLink's overall system capacity." NfinityLink asked for another three months to complete its "rip and replace" work, noting in part ongoing delays in obtaining replacement Nokia equipment. The DoD's waiver According to [a new Bloomberg article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-03/pentagon-has-a-huawei-dilemma-congress-doesn-t-want-to-solve), the DoD is seeking another formal waiver to its obligations under Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which bars government agencies from signing contracts with entities that use Huawei components. That legislation is intended to push the US and its allies away from Chinese suppliers like Huawei. But military officials are finding that a difficult proposition. In April, the Pentagon argued it needed a waiver from the Huawei ban to continue "vital resupply missions in the Indo-Pacific, European and African theaters." After all, some regulators in international countries have not embarked on the Huawei bans that started under the Trump administration and continue under the Biden administration. Another prong in the US campaign against Huawei was to gum up the vendor's supply chains by preventing US companies from selling components to Huawei. That effort continues. [According to Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-revoked-8-licenses-chinas-huawei-2024-document-shows-2024-07-02/), Biden administration officials have revoked eight licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to Huawei. ## About the Author [![Mike Dano](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt23eb5bbc4124baa6/blt3d419f249bc93ced/650369e1d63238da6c47ebc2/mike-dano-cropped.jpeg?width=400&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)](https://www.lightreading.com/author/mike-dano) Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading Mike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at [mike.dano@lightreading.com,](mailto:mike.dano@lightreading.com) [@mikeddano](https://twitter.com/mikeddano) or on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedano). Based in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.
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