GigSky Gets 6-Month Rip-and-Replace Extension

The FCC Thursday granted GigSky a six-month extension of a mandate to rip and replace Huawei and ZTE equipment from its network under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program. The deadline was extended from Friday to June 22 under the Wireline Bureau order. “GigSky states that as a small business it did not anticipate the full financial demands of the extensive project and that it needs additional time to complete the project efficiently and effectively and without compromising its financial stability or the integrity of the network changes,” the bureau said.