Federal Communications Commission	DA 20-166


DA 20-166
Released:  February 26, 2020

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU AND OFFICE OF ECONOMICS AND ANALYTICS OPEN REPORTING PORTAL FOR SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY 
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Requires Eligible Telecommunications Carriers to Report 
Existing Huawei and ZTE Equipment and Services and Replacement Costs 
WC Docket No. 18-89

Filing Deadline: April 22, 2020

	By this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) announce the process by which Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) must report the extent to which their networks contain or use potentially prohibited equipment or services provided by Huawei Technologies Company (Huawei), ZTE Corporation (ZTE), or their subsidiaries, parents, or affiliates, and the costs associated with removing such equipment and replacing it with equivalent equipment, as required by the Commission’s 2019 Supply Chain Order. See Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through FCC Programs, WC Docket No. 18-89, Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 11423, 11481-82, para. 162 (2019) (2019 Supply Chain Order). 
  

Specifically, in the 2019 Supply Chain Order, the Commission directed OEA and WCB to conduct an information collection to determine whether ETCs own equipment or services from Huawei and ZTE; what that equipment is and services are; the costs associated with purchasing and/or installing such equipment and services; and the costs associated with removing and replacing such equipment and services. Id. at 11482, para. 165. 
  The information collection will support the Commission’s future efforts to protect the communications supply chain. Id. at 11481-82, para. 162.
  The Office of Management and Budget has approved this information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. See Notice of Office of Management and Budget Action for Control No. 3060-1270 (Feb. 12, 2020),  https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201912-3060-014#. 
 

The portal for ETCs to submit this information to the Commission is now available at www.fcc.gov/supplychain.  This information collection is mandatory for all ETCs and their subsidiaries and affiliates; ETCs that do not use equipment or services from Huawei or ZTE are required to report that they do not use such equipment or services.  Other service providers that are not ETCs may participate in this information collection on a voluntary basis should they have ETC designation petitions pending (or intend to file such in the future). 2019 Supply Chain Order, at 11482, para. 164.
  Similarly, other Universal Service Fund recipients who are not ETCs may participate in the information collection on a voluntary basis. Id. 
  Filings must be submitted on or before April 22, 2020.

	For additional information, visit the FCC’s Supply Chain Data Collection webpage at www.fcc.gov/supplychain or send an email to SupplyChainData@fcc.gov. 


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