AT&T's Donovan Meets Pai on 5G, Supply Chair Issues

AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan met FCC Chairman Ajit Pai about the company’s “ongoing 5G deployment and the importance of millimeter wave spectrum to 5G technologies,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 14-177. Donovan and other AT&T executives also discussed the national security NPRM (see 1812120043): "Any measures to address national security threats related to the communications supply chain should be proportionate to the risk and applied to all networks and providers, not to just entities that use Universal Service Support.” The Telecommunications Industry Association called for action on security rules in a meeting with Wireline Bureau staff. The record the FCC is building “provides details about specific concerns,” TIA said in docket 18-89, in a meeting handout. “Marketplace needs certainty as 5G is being rolled out in earnest.” The USF proceeding should target specific suppliers of concern, the group said.