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House Bill Introduced To Establish $750 Million Grant Program For 5G Technologies

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, April 24th, 2020

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House Bill Introduced To Establish $750 Million Grant Program For 5G Technologies

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill Friday that would establish a $750 million grant program to accelerate deployment of U.S.-manufactured 5G technologies. The USA Telecommunications Act of 2020 is intended to promote competition among American 5G suppliers following previous legislation looking to ban the use of technologies from Chinese telecommunications firms. “Earlier this year, Congress took strong action to protect our communications networks against foreign interference from dangerous companies like Huawei and ZTE. Now, we must follow…

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