FCC Denies 41 Older Requests for Lifeline ETC Status, Compliance Plan Approval
FCC staff denied 41 long-pending requests for Lifeline-only eligible telecom carrier (ETC) designations and compliance plan approvals submitted by generally small companies. The parties didn't reaffirm their interest in response to a May public notice (see 1605180077) after commissioners adopted…
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a broadband and administrative overhaul of the low-income telecom subsidy program 3-2 March 31 (see 1603310056). "A carrier’s application will not be subject to further consideration without a timely filed affirmative statement of continued interest," said a Wireline Bureau order in docket 11-42 listed in Monday's Daily Digest. "None of the parties listed in the attached Appendices filed an affirmative statement attesting to a continued interest in having the pending application considered by the Bureau." Denied without prejudice were 18 petitions for ETC designations -- including from Birch Communications, Nexus Communications, SI Wireless and at least two tribal entities, Navajo Pillars Telecommunications and the Nez Perce Tribe -- and 23 requests for compliance plan approvals.