Exclusive: FCC to vote to bar Huawei, ZTE from government subsidy program - sources
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote in November to designate Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp as posing national security risks and to bar the use of funds from an $8.5 billion (£6.61 billion) government program to purchase equipment or services from those companies, officials told Reuters on Monday.The U.S. telecommunications regulator also plans to propose requiring U.S. rural carriers to remove and replace equipment from designated..