Wary of China, US to approve Sprint director

Wary of China, U.S. Steps Into Sprint's Board - WSJ.com: "SoftBank has agreed to give the U.S. government the right to approve one of the directors it names to Sprint's board. The director, one of 10, would be responsible for making sure that Sprint complied with the agreement on network security that it is negotiating with federal agencies. The government is also concerned about Chinese gear in a network that might be controlled by Sprint. Clearwire Corp., CLWR +1.18% an affiliate that Sprint is in the process of acquiring, uses some Huawei radio base stations to transmit phone calls and data. The equipment is on the edge of its network, not core infrastructure."

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