The FCC deadline for submitting estimates to replace Huawei and ZTE network equipment has passed. Join this panel of rural wireless carriers who are in the midst of their network migration to learn how they are progressing through the FCC’s daunting Reimbursement Program. Is there enough funding? Are they able to meet their one year timelines? is Open RAN or 5G being deployed? Which vendors were selected? Can they survive or are they folding up shop? This panel will discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of the program and how most rural carriers are taking their Chinese lemons and turning them into lemonade.
