Capping subsidies only to selected wireless companies, such as AT...
Capping subsidies only to selected wireless companies, such as AT&T Mobility and Alltel, won’t stop the Universal Service Fund from growing, AT&T said in an ex parte meeting Tuesday with FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell. The reference was to USF…
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caps imposed on companies after acquisitions, such as in the AT&T-Dobson merger and Alltel’s purchase by TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital. McDowell last month questioned the a need for a cap on rural wireless competitors, since caps were required in the acquisitions (CD Dec 21 p2). “Capping only AT&T Mobility and Alltel leaves 51 percent of wireless CETC [competitive eligible telecom carrier] funding uncapped,” AT&T said in a paper presented at the meeting.