The Kentucky Public Service Commission granted Boomerang Wireless status as...
The Kentucky Public Service Commission granted Boomerang Wireless status as an eligible telecommunications carrier as long as the company complies with its commitments to the PSC as well as to FCC rules. The company is certified for “the purpose of…
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offering Lifeline service only in the underlying carriers’ licensed service areas throughout the state” and will now be able to receive federal and Kentucky USF money for that service, the PSC said in its Tuesday order (http://xrl.us/bob2nj). Boomerang will advertise the Lifeline service and comply with the FCC’s certification rules, the PSC added. The “planned wireless Lifeline offering will provide eligible customers with the following two alternative Lifeline plans: 125 units that roll over; or 250 units without roll over,” one unit the equivalent of one minute or one text, and customers will get free handsets and can “purchase additional airtime,” it said. Other included services, without charge, are voicemail, call forwarding, three-way calling, caller I.D. and call-waiting services.