The FCC must lower eligible telecommunications carriers’ obligations at the...
The FCC must lower eligible telecommunications carriers’ obligations at the same time it reduces legacy high-cost universal service payments, Verizon Senior Vice President Kathleen Grillo told FCC officials, said an ex parte notice. Grillo said she spoke with Zac Katz,…
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s top wireline aide, on Saturday, and Angela Kronenberg, wireline adviser to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, on Monday. “The purpose of these discussions was to address the draft universal service and intercarrier compensation reform order now circulating, as well as America’s Broadband Connectivity Plan submitted by a coalition of companies, including Verizon,” Grillo said. Telcos have left meetings with FCC officials with conflicting interpretations of the contents of the agency’s pending Universal Service Fund order. Some are convinced that the FCC means to require telcos to comply with ETC requirements even if they're not receiving USF cash; others have been assured that funding will be explicitly tied to obligations, telecom officials said.