Rip-and-Replace Deadlines Delayed for 2 More Providers
The FCC Tuesday granted two more participants in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program six-month extensions of their mandate to rip and replace Huawei and ZTE equipment from their networks. Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association’s deadline to remove the…
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gear was delayed from Wednesday to May 29, Triangle Communication System’s deadline from Jan. 13 to July 13, according to a Wireline Bureau order. “Petitioners claim that supply chain disruptions, attributable in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, have increased lead times for equipment delivery well beyond what would otherwise be Normal,” the bureau said in docket 18-89: The providers explain “that these issues have been exacerbated by a lack of available employees and qualified contractors due, in part, to the effects of the pandemic.”