In their long-awaited announcement that China’s Huawei and ZTE won’t be allowed to supply equipment for 5G wireless networks in Canada, the federal Liberals also said Thursday that telcos with the companies’ equipment in current 4G networks must remove it by the end of 2027—without compensation.
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