USTelecom Backs CCA, Nokia Ask for Supply Chain Delay

USTelecom backs the Competitive Carriers Association and Nokia's request to proactively grant six-month extension for providers to “complete remove and replace initiatives,” it said in conversations with aides to FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and other commissioners’ staff, per a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-89 (see 2107070052). USTelecom said a scarcity in communications equipment and resin supply chain delays could slow the process for providers.