Federal Communications Commission DA 23-167 DA 23-167 Released: March 1, 2023 OFFICE OF ECONOMICS AND ANALYTICS RELEASES RESULTS FROM INITIAL SUPPLY CHAIN ANNUAL REPORTS WC Docket No. 18-89 By this Public Notice, the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) releases public results from the Supply Chain Annual Report filings for the calendar year 2021 reporting period. Section 5 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 directed the Commission to require providers of advanced communications service to report and certify annually whether the provider has purchased, rented, leased, or otherwise obtained any covered communications equipment or service on the list of covered communications equipment and services (Covered List). Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-124, 133 Stat. 158 (2020) (codified as amended at 47 U.S.C. §§ 1601–1609) (Secure Networks Act). Specifically, for equipment or services placed on the initial Covered List, providers must report covered equipment or services obtained on or after August 14, 2018. If the Commission subsequently adds equipment or services to the Covered List, filers must report any equipment or services obtained 60 days or more after the date they are added to the list. If a provider cannot certify that it has no covered communications equipment or services, it must provide information regarding the locations, types, suppliers, historic and replacement cost, functionality, replacement plans, and a detailed justification of why such equipment was obtained. In the 2020 Supply Chain Order, the Commission adopted the reporting requirement for providers of advanced communications service and codified it in section 1.50007 of the Commission’s rules. See Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through FCC Programs, WC Docket No. 18-89, Second Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 14284, 14369, para. 212 (2020) (2020 Supply Chain Order); 47 CFR § 1.50007. The Commission defined “advanced communications service” as high-speed, switched, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications using any technology with connection speeds of at least 200 kbps in either direction. 47 CFR § 1.50001(a). On March 12, 2021, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau published the initial Covered List, which included telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation and certain video surveillance and telecommunications equipment produced by Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, and Dahua Technology Company. See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Publication of the List of Equipment Covered by Section 2 of the Secure Networks Act, WC Docket 18-89, Public Notice, DA 21-309 (PSHSB Mar. 12, 2021). Subsequently, various equipment and services were added to the Covered List in 2022, though these additions are not encompassed by the initial annual reports that are the subject of this Public Notice. See Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Additions to the List of Equipment and Services Covered by Section 2 of the Secure Networks Act, WC Docket No. 18-89, Public Notice, DA 22-320 (PSHSB Mar. 25, 2022); Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Additions to the List of Equipment and Services Covered by Section 2 of the Secure Networks Act, WC Docket No. 18-89, Public Notice, DA 22-979 (PSHSB Sept. 20, 2022). The current version of the Covered List is available at https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist. On February 4, 2022, OEA announced the establishment of the online reporting portal for providers of advanced communications service to report the extent to which their networks contain or use covered communications equipment or services and set a due date of May 5, 2022 for such reports. Office of Economics and Analytics and Wireline Competition Bureau Announce the Establishment of the Supply Chain Annual Reporting Portal, WC Docket No. 18-89, Public Notice, DA 22-109 (OEA Feb. 4, 2022). Based on our analysis of the reports filed and any revisions or amendments thereto to date, 79 providers reported that they had purchased, rented, leased or otherwise obtained covered equipment or services subject to reporting for the 2022 Supply Chain Annual Report. Consistent with the Commission’s directive to “release to the public a list of providers that have reported covered equipment or services in their networks,” 2020 Supply Chain Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 14369, para. 214. attached is a list of such providers. To the extent we receive further information pertaining to the 2022 annual reports following this Public Notice, we may publicly release an update to this list with any similarly situated providers added. Further information related to their reports remains presumptively confidential. Id. at 14369-70, para. 214. For additional information, visit the FCC’s Supply Chain Data Collection webpage at www.fcc.gov/supplychain. The reporting portal, instructions, and other information regarding the Annual Reporting requirement are available at https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain. For questions regarding the FCC’s Supply Chain Data Collection Annual Reporting requirement, send an email to SupplyChainData@fcc.gov. ‒FCC‒ ATTACHMENT PROVIDERS THAT REPORTED COVERED EQUIPMENT Amherst Telephone Company Blue Mountain Networks LLC Board of Trustees, Northern Michigan University Bristol Bay Cellular Partnership Bulloch County Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD Cellco Partnership Central Louisiana Cellular, LLC China Telecom (Americas) Corporation Commnet Wireless, LLC Computer 5, Inc. DBA LocalTel Communications Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Country Wireless LLC Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Futurum Communications Corp Gallatin Wireless Internet, LLC Gogo Business Aviation LLC Hargray Communications Group, Inc. Hillsboro Telephone Co Inc Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc Hotwire Communications, Ltd. Hunter Communications & Technologies LLC Inland Cellular LLC i-wireless, LLC James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company Kennebec Telephone Company, Inc. Kerman Telephone Co LakeNet LLC Latam Telecommunications, L.L.C. Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Level 3 Communications, LLC Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. LIGTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation LLC Mark Twain Communications Company Mediacom Communications Corporation Metro Fibernet, LLC MHG Telco, LLC NE Colorado Cellular Inc NTInet, Inc. Oneida County Rural Telephone Co. Orange Business Services U.S., Inc. Panhandle Telecommunication Systems Inc Piedmont Communications Services, Inc Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. Pine Telephone Company Plant Telephone Company Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated Point Broadband Fiber Holding, LLC PS Lightwave, Inc. Puerto Rico Telephone Company Red River Communications S & T Communications LLC S&T Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. Santa Rosa Telephone Coop., Inc. Santel Communications Cooperative, Inc. Skybeam, LLC South Canaan Telephone Company South Central Telephone Coop Inc Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, Inc. Star Telephone Membership Corp Stealth Communications Texas 10, LLC Transtelco, Inc. Union Telephone Company United Wireless Communications, Inc. Utah Broadband Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency Velocity Telephone, Inc. Vernon Communications Cooperative Virginia Everywhere, LLC Webformix Internet Company Windstream Communications LLC Xiber, LLC Xtreme Enterprises LLC Yelcot Telephone Company Zito West Holding, LLC 2