House Energy and Commerce leaders urge FCC to release list of covered equipment for rip-and-replace program

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and ranking member Greg Walden (R-OR) want the Federal Communications Commission to “immediately” begin taking steps to provide telecoms with guidance on the rip-and-replace program for Huawei and ZTE equipment and services.

“Through this Program, small communications providers may seek reimbursement for the cost of removing and replacing suspect network equipment,” Pallone and Walden wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday. “This funding is critical because some...