FCC Announces Availability of Additional Funding for the Rip-and-Replace Program

On December 23, 2024, the Spectrum and Secure Technology and Innovation Act was enacted, authorizing the Federal Communications Commission to borrow from the Treasury of the United States up to an additional $3.08 billion to carry out the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. The FCC has now borrowed the full amount authorized under the statute.  Accordingly, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau announces that the Commission has made available to recipients in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (Rip-and-Replace Program or Program) a further allocation of funding. The Rip-and-Replace Program supports the critical work of removing insecure equipment and services from our nation’s networks. With this further allocation, recipients should be able to move swiftly to fulfill their removal, replacement, and disposal work under the Secure Networks Act and Program rules.