A six-year US effort to counter Chinese telecom dominance took a hit after the One Big Beautiful Bill cut ~$1B from a program aimed at developing Open RAN tech (John Hendel/Politico)

A six-year US effort to counter Chinese telecom dominance took a hit after the One Big Beautiful Bill cut ~$1B from a program aimed at developing Open RAN tech (John Hendel/Politico)

John Hendel / Politico : A six-year US effort to counter Chinese telecom dominance took a hit after the One Big Beautiful Bill cut ~$1B from a program aimed at developing Open RAN tech —  “To cut it came completely out of the blue,” said Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.