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SHENZHEN — Huawei Technologies Co. filed a fresh legal challenge against the U.S., seeking to block a Federal Communications Commission decision last month that further restricts the Chinese telecom giant’s ability to operate there.
Huawei said the FCC order, blocking rural U.S. wireless carriers from using a $8.5 billion-a-year subsidy fund to buy equipment from Huawei and other Chinese companies, violates its due process rights and unfairly labels the company as a national security threat.
“The FCC should not shut down joint efforts to connect rural communities in the U.S.,” said Song Liuping, Huawei’s chief legal officer, in a statement.
Huawei, which unveiled the lawsuit at a news conference at its headquarters in Shenzhen, said it is seeking a ruling that calls the Nov. 22 decision by the FCC unlawful by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Details of Huawei’s new legal challenge were first reported by The Wall Street Journal last week.
An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.
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