Foreign media reports quoted words from a person in the know saying that Softbank and third biggest local wireless carrier Sprint have reached agreement with the US government on protecting national security.
Sprint has agreed to remove partial equipment made by Chinese makers from affiliated networks by the end of 2016, which will cost USD 1 billion for the company.
Their negotiation reflected more worry of the US government for the usage of foreign equipment in local telecom networks and determination to limit Chinese equipment suppliers like Huawei Technologies. Sprint subsidiary Clearwire has used wireless base stations made by Huawei in its networks.
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