Utah PSC Delays When Lifeline ETCs Must Use National Verifier
Utah carriers don’t have to use the Lifeline national verifier system (NVS) starting Jan. 1, as previously required, the Public Service Commission said in a Tuesday stay of its Aug. 24 order. The FCC earlier moved back the date when…
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carriers must use the system to address security issues (see 1712010042). Universal Service Administrative Co. set March 13 as the must-use deadline, the PSC said. The state agency plans to lift the stay “when the NVS operational date is clear” but be prepared, that commission said. Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming also were part of the initial launch of the Lifeline national verifier announced in an Aug. 31 FCC public notice.