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A routine hearing to evaluate Arielle Roth, Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, turned into yet another debate over Elon Musk’s ties to the US government, with lawmakers pressing Roth to ensure BEAD funds wouldn't benefit the billionaire. -
Following Howard Lutnick’s confirmation as the new US Secretary of Commerce, the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) called on the appointee to support an effective BEAD programme and help maintain ICT supply chain flexibility.
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The US Commerce Department has finalised Infinera’s $93 million CHIPS Act funding in what could be one of the final grants before President-Elect Trump takes office.
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MACOM Technology Solutions, which produces semiconductor devices used in telco and defence applications, has been awarded $70 million from the US government to expand its manufacturing facilities.
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The Biden administration has awarded up to $53 million in direct funding to HP to expand and modernise its Corvallis, Oregon facility to create a new research lab.
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The Commerce Department has finalised Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC)’s $325 million direct funding award to build a new manufacturing facility in Hemlock, Michigan.
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The US Department of Commerce has earmarked the location of the third flagship CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) facility and greenlit the creation of a virtual semiconductor manufacturing research centre.
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The Biden administration is pressing on with handing out subsidies to semiconductor manufacturers despite President-Elect Donald Trump’s threats to scrap the CHIPS Act.
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The US is threatening to block all technology exports to Huawei, potentially forcing the Chinese company to switch to semiconductors and intellectual property from non-US sources.
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Nokia has paused its activities with the industry’s leading open RAN organisation because of threats that Washington could impose the same penalties to those on Huawei.
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The US government has granted Huawei licences to buy microchips for car components, in the first sign of easing in the battle with the Chinese vendor.
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Huawei has lost two court appeals within a few days that together set back its desire to return to supplying European and US telcos with its equipment.
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The new US commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, met leaders from the semiconductor industry yesterday to discuss the global shortage of chips and the effect on industry.
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The new US president is suspending actions started by the former Trump administration against Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.
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Gina Raimondo, nominated by President Joe Biden as Secretary of Commerce, appears likely to keep the Trump administration’s ban on Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese companies.
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Outgoing US president Donald Trump has taken action to ban the use in the country of Chinese e-commerce services including Alipay and WeChat.
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No US telco or internet provider can provide services to WeChat from Sunday, or to TikTok from 12 November, commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said this morning.
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American policy towards Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE has been shaped by politics and by the US president’s desire to make “personal gestures” to his Chinese counterpart, according to a new book.
