> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Nearly 80 Service Providers Engaged Equipment in Secure Networks Blacklist: FCC Report - URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/nearly-80-service-providers-engaged-equipment-in-secure-networks-blacklist-fcc-report/ - Published: 2023-03-01T22:19:10.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-11T06:12:38.000Z - Description: These communications providers reported engaging equipment on the agency’s blacklist. - Author: Ahmad Hathout - Tags: Infrastructure, #with-siderail, 2022 Supply Chain Annual Report, Amherst Telephone Company, Blue Mountain Networks LLC, Board of Trustees, Bristol Bay Cellular Partnership, Bulloch County Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc., Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD, Cellco Partnership, Central Louisiana Cellular LLC, China Telecom (Americas) Corporation, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 09:59, #added-preview-divider WASHINGTON, March 1, 2023 – The Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Economics and Analytics said Wednesday that 79 communications providers reported last year purchasing, renting, leasing or getting equipment from a blacklist of companies that the federal government says poses a national security threat. In a 2020 ruling, the FCC required that advanced communications providers report to the commission if they use any of the equipment from a blacklist of companies established in March 2021, including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou Hikvision, and Dahua. The OEA established an online portal in February last year to aid in the reporting. In a publicly released report on Wednesday, the OEA identified 79 companies, listed below, in its 2022 Supply Chain Annual Report that have engaged equipment on the list. The order emanates from the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. The providers must report equipment that has been obtained on or after August 14, 2018, with subsequent additions to the blacklist requiring reporting if the equipment was obtained 60 days or more after the date they were added to the list. The commission, by way of funding from Congress, has established a $1.9 billion reimbursement program for providers to rid their networks of the equipment from the blacklist. But the FCC has noted and the providers have complained of a [shortfall in funding](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-multilingual-emergency-alerts-more-funding-sought-for-rip-and-replace-healthcare-and-acp/), with a [commission report in January](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/nearly-half-of-rip-and-replace-firms-struggling-with-funding-supply-chain-delays-fcc-report/) finding that nearly half of rip-and-replace firms are struggling with funding. Some rural providers said they [can’t even get loans to cover the cost](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/rip-and-replace-problems-texas-social-media-law-twitter-flip-flops-on-promotions/). One industry association [expressed dismay](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/lack-of-rip-and-replace-money-ncta-rejects-speed-tests-for-mapping-fba-reports-lots-of-fiber-in-2022/) that the funding shortfall was not addressed in the [omnibus spending bill](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/omnibus-bill-includes-fcc-spectrum-auction-extension-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices/). The providers that reported covered equipment are: Amherst Telephone Company Blue Mountain Networks LLC Board of Trustees, Northern Michigan University Bristol Bay Cellular Partnership Bulloch County Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD Cellco Partnership Central Louisiana Cellular LLC China Telecom (Americas) Corporation Commnet Wireless LLC Computer 5 Inc., DBA LocalTel Communications Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Country Wireless LLC Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Futurum Communications Corp Gallatin Wireless Internet, LLC Gogo Business Aviation LLC Hargray Communications Group, Inc. Hillsboro Telephone Co Inc Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc Hotwire Communications, Ltd. Hunter Communications & Technologies LLC Inland Cellular LLC i-wireless, LLC James Valley Cooperative Telephone Company Kennebec Telephone Company, Inc. Kerman Telephone Co LakeNet LLC Latam Telecommunications, L.L.C. Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Level 3 Communications, LLC Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. Ligtel Communications Inc. Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation LLC Mark Twain Communications Company Mediacom Communications Corporation Metro Fibernet, LLC MHG Telco, LLC NE Colorado Cellular Inc NTInet, Inc. Oneida County Rural Telephone Co. Orange Business Services U.S., Inc. Panhandle Telecommunication Systems Inc Piedmont Communications Services, Inc Pine Belt Cellular, Inc. Pine Telephone Company Plant Telephone Company Plateau Telecommunications Incorporated Point Broadband Fiber Holding, LLC PS Lightwave, Inc. Puerto Rico Telephone Company Red River Communications S & T Communications LLC S&T Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. Sagebrush Cellular, Inc. Santa Rosa Telephone Coop., Inc. Santel Communications Cooperative, Inc. Skybeam, LLC South Canaan Telephone Company South Central Telephone Coop Inc Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, Inc. Star Telephone Membership Corp Stealth Communications Texas 10, LLC Transtelco, Inc. Union Telephone Company United Wireless Communications, Inc. Utah Broadband Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency Velocity Telephone, Inc. Vernon Communications Cooperative Virginia Everywhere, LLC Webformix Internet Company Windstream Communications LLC Xiber, LLC Xtreme Enterprises LLC Yelcot Telephone Company Zito West Holding, LLC