An anonymous reader writes: "Sprint and Japanese-owned SoftBank are currently undergoing regulatory approval for the merger of the two telecom giants. However, amidst growing concerns in Washington over Chinese hacking of US information systems, the House intelligence committee has raised concerns over the use of network equipment manufactured by China based companies Huawei and ZTE. Currently Sprint’s Wi-Max network, operated by Clearwire, uses Huawei equipment which the House believes could pose a potential security threat if continued to be used for network expansion or operation. However, it appears that both Sprint and SoftBank are taking these concerns seriously, as according to a report by The Verge, both companies have vowed to not use any Chinese equipment in their network infrastructure. Furthermore, Sprint has gone on further to promise to replace existing Huawei equipment in an effort to show good faith to the regulatory bodies." ( zu)