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May 22 Is New Deadline for ETCs to Report Huawei, ZTE Ties

Eligible telecom carriers have until May 22 to report their Huawei and ZTE products and replacement costs. That’s half the extension sought by the Rural Wireless Association, which cited pandemic disruptions (see 2003250037). “An additional 30 days will provide enough…

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time for ETCs to provide accurate and complete responses to the information collection while still allowing the Commission to expeditiously move forward with its efforts to increase the security of the communications supply chain,” said Thursday's FCC Wireline Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics order in docket 18-89. Whether the extension is sufficient “depends on what happens with the COVID-19 pandemic,” RWA General Counsel Carri Bennet told us: “If it isn’t, we will be back to ask for more time.”