by Pivot
Tag: Huawei
$9B Proposed for ACP and “Rip and Replace” Programs, with Changes to the ACP
Updated May 10 A last-minute effort to save the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has failed, along with an effort to make funding available for the Huawei “rip and replace” program, according to news reports. A…
CCA Asks FCC for Help on Wireless Rip & Replace Program
The Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) has asked the FCC to address concerns of some of the association’s small rural wireless provider members regarding the agency’s rip & replace program. That program is designed to reimburse…
Defend Our Networks Act Would Fund Huawei Rip and Replace Program
The Defend Our Networks Act, which aims to help rural operators replace equipment from Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE, was introduced late last week by senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Deb Fischer (R-NE). The bipartisan bill…
Window Opens in $1.5B Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund
The U.S. Commerce Department has begun accepting applications for funding in the $1.5 billion Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. The fund will provide money for development of open and interoperable networks. Applications are due…
Windstream: No More Huawei Equipment in Our Network
Windstream disconnected the last of Huawei equipment from its network and removed it from its shelves this month, the company says. The equipment was acquired in the company’s 2017 acquisition of EarthLink. Windstream says that…
FCC Takes More Action Against Chinese Equipment Manufacturers
The FCC has adopted new rules prohibiting communications equipment from certain Chinese companies that is considered to pose an unacceptable risk to national security from being authorized for importation or sale in the U.S. The…
Huawei Rip-and-Replace Deployment Uses O-RAN Approach
Montana-based Triangle Communications said today that it is the first service provider to turn up a network under the FCC rip-and-replace program aimed at removing equipment from certain Chinese manufacturers from U.S. communications networks. Triangle…
Rural Carriers Won’t Even Get Half of What They Need to Rip and Replace Huawei
The FCC today has approved funding for over 80 small carriers and other entities to rip and replace equipment from Huawei and ZTE that has been deemed to be a threat to the security of…
FCC Attempts to Explain Rip-and-Replace Shortfall: Large Carriers Could Get Squeezed Out
The FCC today released a public notice listing all the companies that applied for funding to rip-and-replace Huawei equipment deemed to be a national security risk. In the notice, the commission also offered its take…
FCC Huawei, ZTE Rip and Replace Program Faces Budget Shortfall
The FCC has told Congress that applications to The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program have generated requests totaling about $5.6 billion – far more than the allocated funding. The program was established to…
Filing Window Opens for Carriers Seeking Huawei Replacement Funding
The FCC has opened the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program filing window. The program will reimburse communications providers with 10 million or fewer customers for reasonable costs related to the removal, replacement and…
FCC to Accept Applications for $1.9B Secure Networks Reimbursement on Oct 29
FCC Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said today that the commission will begin accepting applications for the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program on October 29. She announced the news at today’s monthly FCC meeting,…
