![]() ![]() This includes a public virtual listening session, as well as the opportunity for stakeholders to respond to this Notice. NTIA has established multiple avenues for the public to offer input to inform program design and implementation. NTIA, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is responsible for establishing the grant criteria and administering the program. Promoting and deploying network function virtualization to facilitate multi-vendor interoperability and a more diverse vendor market. Promoting and deploying security features enhancing the integrity and availability of equipment in multi-vendor networks.ħ. Identifying objective criteria to define equipment as compliant with open standards for multi-vendor network equipment interoperability.Ħ. Managing integration of multi-vendor network environments.ĥ. Promoting and deploying compatibility of new 5G equipment with future open standards-based, interoperable equipment.Ĥ. Accelerating commercial deployments of open interface, standards-based, interoperable equipment, such as equipment developed pursuant to the standards set forth by organizations such as the O-RAN Alliance, the Telecom Infra Project,, the Open-RAN Software Community, or any successor organizations.ģ. Promoting and deploying technology, including software, hardware, and microprocessing technology, that will enhance competitiveness in 5G and successor wireless technology supply chains that use open and interoperable interface radio access networks.Ģ. ![]() More specifically, the Innovation Fund will support the following activities:ġ. In line with the Executive Branch's policy to promote the development of Open Radio Access Networks (or Open RAN), alongside other policies, technologies, and architectures that support 5G vendor diversity and foster market competition, the Act invests $1.5 billion over 10 years to accelerate the development and deployment of open and interoperable, standards-based RAN. The United States Government is working to mobilize the full range of department and agency tools and coordinating with like-minded partners to support network operators in procuring trusted, secure RAN. 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. 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. 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. companies to break into the market, and ultimately will exacerbate the digital divide. This lack of competition can reduce supply chain resilience and security, contribute to higher prices, make it challenging for new, innovative U.S. 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. ![]() leadership in the global telecommunications ecosystem, foster competition, lower costs for consumers and network operators, and strengthen our supply chain. This historic $1.5 billion investment aims to support U.S. With the passage of the Act, Congress has taken a proactive step in driving the adoption of open, interoperable, and standards-based RAN and supporting a more competitive and diverse telecommunications supply chain. Submit written comments on or before 5 p.m. Through this Notice and Request for Comment (Notice), NTIA seeks broad input and feedback from all interested stakeholders-including private industry, academia, civil society, and other experts-on this grant program to support the promotion and deployment of open, interoperable, and standards-based radio access networks (RAN). The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) requests comment on the implementation of the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, as directed by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Act). Dec 13 - 1) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Implementation ![]()
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