NTCA Raises Rip-and-Replace Concerns With Rosenworcel Aides
NTCA raised concerns with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel after the FCC reported that providers requested $5.6 billion from an FCC program to cover the cost of ripping and replacing Huawei and ZTE gear from their networks, nearly three…
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times the $1.9 billion allocated by Congress (see 2202040066). “As it stands currently, participating carriers will receive approximately one-third of the funding they have requested to remove equipment deemed unsecure,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 18-89: “The Commission could not have anticipated the number of applicants to be quadruple of what was estimated and the amount of necessary funding to be triple.” The amount Congress allocated was based on “out of date and incomplete information,” the group said. The Rosenworcel aides said during the call they "believe the Commission has no flexibility regarding funding due to Congressional directives” and the commission is “obligated to announce the applicants’ individual qualifying funding amounts mid-June,” NTCA said.