The FCC has issued another Public Notice granting five completion deadline extension requests related to the FCC’s Secure Networks Act Reimbursement Program. The Reimbursement Program requires program participants to complete their removal, replacement, and disposal of unsecure equipment and services within one year of receiving program funds. Program recipients are permitted to request an unlimited number of individual extensions, up to six months, claiming that, due to no fault of their own, they were unable to timely complete the process.
Extension requests were filed by and granted to James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company, Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, Inc., Southern Ohio Communication Services Inc., Stealth Communications, and WorldCell Solutions, LLC. The FCC granted the filed extension requests reasoning that lack of full funding and supply chain issues have impacted the entities’ ability to meet their completion deadline.
