FCC Staff OKs Global Connection, Phone Club Lifeline Wireline Compliance Plans
FCC staff cleared Global Connection and Phone Club Lifeline wireline compliance plans that are one condition for them to continue receiving USF low-income support. Global Connection and Phone Club provide resold Lifeline service, but the commission in 2015 amended its…
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rules to eliminate Lifeline reimbursement for wholesale service provided to resellers, leaving only eligible telecom carriers providing service directly to consumers able to seek support, said a Wireline Bureau public notice in docket 09-197 listed in Thursday's Daily Digest. Effective Monday, non-ETC resellers no longer will be eligible for reimbursement and must obtain approval of a compliance plan to obtain ETC designations from state commissions or the FCC, the PN said. The compliance plan approval clears the way for Global Connection and Phone Club to seek state ETC designations, it said.