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Nokia and Ericsson, not Cisco.

Although, the Huawei stuff definitely needs to go, so your characterization is still off.

Cisco too actually.

Huawei did sell plenty of pure Ethernet / IP switches and firewalls in the US.

Cisco does have plenty of Carrier-grade, Telco-grade and ISP-grade equipment that are used by operators (4G core, Network Functions, BRAS, GGSN/PGW...).

Funny how an American CEO bankrupted Nokia's handset business now it's time to makeup its telecom business.

We can call it a stimulus, or paying them to fix a broken window.

They will surely return it to management as bonuses and stock buybacks for shareholders.

The Intel model of stimulus. Now TSMC runs the show in high end semiconductors.