Security News > 2020 > September > What price security? Well, for the US ban on Huawei/ZTE kit it's around $1.8bn, and you're going to pay most of it

The US Federal Communications Commission says that performing a full replacement of all Huawei and ZTE hardware on American wireless networks will cost $1.837bn in total.

According to the FCC, the $1.837bn figure is the cost to the carriers themselves as they remove and replace their Huawei and ZTE hardware with gear from other vendors who have been approved by the government.

Both Huawei and ZTE have found themselves blacklisted by the US government due to national security concerns.

Originally banned from doing business with US government agencies, the two companies are now also excluded from providing any network backbone equipment to carriers as well.

Along with the announcement, the FCC has posted a list [PDF] of the carriers that will need to get rid of their Huawei and ZTE equipment and splash some of the $1.8bn estimated replacement cost.

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