
The U.S. State Department and DoD are moving to expand bans on the use of telecommunications equipment by Chinese firms, Huawei and ZTE, for 5G networks, as the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is proposing an alternative, open interface approach. On Aug. 5, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the State Department's Clean Network approach banning Chinese equipment from "untrusted vendors," such as Huawei and ZTE, would expand to include five new lines of effort, including mobile…