MP189 Party Obligations for Communications Hub Orders

Currently, under Annex B of SEC Appendix H, the minimum delivery quantity for Communications Hubs is 896 for the North Region and either 640 or 896 for the Central and South Regions (dependent on the Communications Hub Variant).
The Proposer believes that requiring a minimum order quantity of this volume confers a disadvantage to Small Suppliers whose business strategy is not suited to a ‘high volume, low margin’ model. Requiring Parties to order Communications Hubs in higher quantities than their planned deployment can reasonably accommodate subjects those Parties to costs for storage of the Devices and rental of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, despite the Devices not being in use.

Small Suppliers
Large Suppliers
DCC
Other SEC Parties

SEC Appendix H ‘CH Handover Support Materials’