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<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">Sec. 889(a)(1)(A) required the federal government, as of August 13, 2019, to not “procure or obtain or extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunication equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.”' </span></i><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">I am curious how you're handling CPE (i.e. handsets), </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">for which you are responsible,</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium"> that are already in the field that is from, <b><u>or contain components</u></b> (more pertinent to our situation) of the prohibited manufacturers (</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua).</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium"> </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">Are you notifying customers? Replacing or recommending replacement? Handling differently for private enterprise than for the government?</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Martel,serif;font-size:medium">Pete</span></div></div>