Rip and Replace Deadlines Delayed for 2 Providers

The FCC Friday granted two additional participants in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program six-month extensions of their mandate to rip and replace Huawei and ZTE equipment from their networks. Point Broadband Fiber Holding’s deadline to remove the gear was delayed from Sunday to April 29, SI Wireless’ deadline from Nov. 24 to May 24, said the Wireline Bureau order. The bureau found “each made a sufficient showing that they have been impacted by the funding shortfall” in the program “to an extent sufficient to warrant an extension.”