Notice2022-26939
Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Listening Session
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December 13, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
Abstract
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will convene a virtual industry roundtable listening session on the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. The listening session is designed to collect stakeholder input to help inform the development and administration of the Innovation Fund grant program.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76185-76186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26939]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Listening Session
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) will convene a virtual industry roundtable listening session on
the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. The listening session
is designed to collect stakeholder input to help inform the development
and administration of the Innovation Fund grant program.
DATES: The listening session will be held on January 24, 2023, from
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The session will be held virtually, with online slide share
and dial-in information to be posted at <a href="https://www.ntia.gov/">https://www.ntia.gov/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct questions regarding this
Notice to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48d8a8a8b9285908d8b8a82918a80a48a908d85ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1a8afafaeb7a0b5a8aeafa7b4afa581afb5a8a0efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a>, indicating ``Innovation Fund
Listening Session'' in the subject line, or if by mail, addressed to
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: 202-482-3806. Please direct media inquiries to Sarah
Skaluba, (202) 482-7002, or NTIA's Office of Public Affairs,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbaba9bea8a89bb5afb2baf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5727253224241739233e3679303821">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Authority: On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed
the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 into law, appropriating $1.5 billion
for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (referred to
subsequently herein as the ``Innovation Fund''), to support the
promotion and deployment of open, interoperable, and standards-based
radio access networks (RAN) (Pub. L. 117-167, Div. A, Sect. 106, 136
Stat. 1392). The Innovation Fund is authorized under section 9202(a)(1)
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283; 47 U.S.C. 906(a)(1)). This
historic investment aims to support U.S. leadership in the global
telecommunications ecosystem, foster competition, lower costs for
consumers and network operators, and strengthen our supply chain.
Today's fifth generation wireless technology (known as ``5G'')
infrastructure market is highly consolidated, with a small group of
vendors making up the majority of the marketplace. This lack of
competition can reduce supply chain resilience and security, contribute
to higher prices, and make it challenging for new, innovative U.S.
companies to break into the market.
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Additionally, certain equipment and services produced or provided by
particular vendors in this marketplace have been deemed to pose an
unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.\1\
Some of these vendors, including Chinese telecommunications companies
Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation have been shown to have
links to the Chinese government and/or the Chinese Communist Party,
giving rise to security risks.\2\ Those risks are compounded by
financial support from the government of China and preferential access
to the Chinese market, which enable them to offer lower cost financing
terms and, in some cases, below-market export credit subsidies to
foreign mobile operators to purchase their equipment. The United States
Government is working to mobilize the full range of department and
agency tools and coordinating with like-minded partners to support
foreign mobile network operators in procuring trusted, secure RAN.
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\1\ See the Federal Communications Commission's List of
Equipment and Services Covered by Section 2 of The Secure Networks
Act, <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist">https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist</a>.
\2\ See, e.g., Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S.
House of Representatives, Investigative Report on the U.S. National
Security Issues Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei
and ZTE at iv (Oct. 8, 2012), <a href="https://republicans-intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/huaweizte%20investigative%20report%20">https://republicans-intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/huaweizte%20investigative%20report%20</a>(final).pdf.
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To help inform development and administration of the Innovation
Fund grant program, NTIA has established multiple avenues for the
public to offer input, including through a Request for Comment also
published today as well as this public virtual listening session. NTIA
seeks input from all interested stakeholders--including private
industry, academia, civil society, and other experts. The discussions
held at this session will be analyzed to help inform, among other
items: the kinds of grant criteria NTIA should consider,
recommendations on the types of projects and programs the Innovation
Fund should aim to support, and practical solutions to the chief
challenges of open, interoperable, and standards-based RAN adoption.
Time and Date: NTIA will convene the public listening session on
January 24, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The
exact time of the meeting is subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's
website, <a href="https://www.ntia.gov">https://www.ntia.gov</a>, for the most current information.
Place: The meeting will be held virtually, with online slide share
and dial-in information to be posted at <a href="https://www.ntia.gov">https://www.ntia.gov</a>. Please
refer to NTIA's website, <a href="https://www.ntia.gov">https://www.ntia.gov</a>, for the most current
information.
Other Information: The meeting is open to the public and the press
on a first-come, first-served basis. The virtual meeting is accessible
to people with disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodations such
as real-time captioning, sign language interpretation or other
ancillary aids should notify the Department at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fab39494958c9b8e939594bc8f949eba948e939bd49d958c">[email protected]</a>
at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting. Access details
for the meeting are subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's website,
<a href="https://www.ntia.gov">https://www.ntia.gov</a>, for the most current information.
Dated: December 7, 2022.
Josephine Arnold,
Senior Attorney-Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2022-26939 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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