DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - North America, ZTE
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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ZTE cooperating with US gov't amid bribery allegations
Media reports suggest Chinese telco supplier could pay the US more than $1bn amid corruption claims
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FCC chair calls for swift action over spectrum auction to speed up rip-and-replace program
Urges the agency to push ahead with AWS-3 spectrum auction
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Senate Commerce passes bill onto full Senate as it seeks additional $3bn funding for rip and replace program
As it puts forward proposals for additional $7bn for Affordable Connectivity Program
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Mediacom on course to meet rip and replace deadline
But admits the process has been far from plain-sailing
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Asperitas launches Direct Forced Convection immersion cooling tank
Vertiv announces cooling unit with natural refrigerants, ZTE announced new immersion cooling tank
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SI Wireless fears for future amid slow progress of rip and replace of Huawei gear
Has slammed FCC for lack of funding
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FCC: Only five companies have completed "rip and replace" of Chinese telco equipment
Progress has been slow and more expensive than anticipated
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FCC seeks further comments ahead of planned rural 5G push
Plans to use National Broadband Map to do so
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Rural Wireless Association puts pressure on FCC to rethink 'rip and replace' budget
Highlights the strain placed on smaller rural carriers
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US bans Huawei and ZTE equipment sales due to national security risk
Biden Administration says the vendors pose "an unacceptable risk" to US national security
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FCC seeks to implement ban on all Huawei and ZTE equipment
The ban is based around concerns for national security
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Canada to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks
Another country bars Chinese vendors from its telco infrastructure
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US Judge ends ZTE's five-year probation
Marking the end of the 2017 US Criminal case
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Telcos ask FCC for $5.6bn to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment - but it only set aside $1.9bn
There's more Chinese networking tech in the US than expected
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FCC details $1.9 billion reimbursement plan for Huawei rip-and-replace scheme
Application window for funding opens next month
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FCC to spend up to $1.9bn reimbursing small telcos for ripping out Huawei and ZTE hardware
Huawei gets driven out of rural America
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US government postpones Huawei ban for another 90 days
This is the third extension given to Huawei
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US government asks allies not to use Huawei equipment
And considers increasing subsidies on non-Chinese telecoms products
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ZTE suspends trading as it is banned from buying US equipment
Plus, the UK has declared it a security risk
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Proposed US bill forbids government contractors from using Huawei, ZTE tech
And AT&T pulls out of a major phone distribution deal after Senators express concern over Huawei