TIA Wants Supply Chain Rules Technology Neutral
Rules barring USF recipients from using equipment suppliers that were deemed national security risks should be “technology neutral,” asked the Telecommunications Industry Association in calls last week with aides to FCC Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Brendan Carr, per filings posted…
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Wednesday in docket 18-89. “Follow this time-honored technology neutral approach in determining what equipment and services can be used by U.S. providers to replace at-risk equipment.” Some language in the FCC’s draft item “could be read as promoting certain solutions over others,” TIA said.