CCA Presses FCC for Blanket Extension in Supply Chain Program
The Competitive Carriers Association urged the FCC to rethink a decision not to issue a six-month blanket extension of deadlines in the rip and replace program for removing Huawei and ZTE gear from carrier networks. CCA cited NTIA’s recent comment…
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on open radio access networks (see 2107160042). “NTIA noted that a blanket extension ‘would not preference any solution,’ but would ‘ensure operators have sufficient time to consider options, design networks, and carry out deployments,’” said a CCA filing Tuesday in docket 18-89. “A one-year deadline would be challenging for many carriers in the best of circumstances, but it is particularly daunting in the face of potential supply chain and labor shortages and the recovery from a global pandemic,” the group said.