FCC Approves More Rip-and-Replace Extensions
The FCC approved six-month extensions of a mandate to rip and replace Huawei and ZTE equipment from telecom networks under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program for various carriers, in a notice in Friday’s Daily Digest. The Wireline…
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Bureau has been handling extension requests on a carrier-by-carrier basis. Advantage Cellular’s deadline to remove, replace and dispose of covered equipment and services was extended from March 10 to Sept. 10. NE Colorado Cellular got two different dates for parts of its network -- March 9 to Sept. 9 and from April 6 to Oct. 6. Other extensions granted include: Panhandle, from April 18 to Oct. 1; Stealth Communications, from March 29 to Sept. 29; and United Wireless, April 21 to Oct. 21. “The Bureau strongly encourages recipients that intend to file a petition for an extension to do so as promptly as possible after determining that their circumstances meet the standard for an extension established in the statute and the Commission’s implementing rules, and well in advance of the recipient’s deadline, so the Bureau is able to fully consider and grant or deny the petition before the recipient’s term expires,” the notice said.