FCC Grants Telrite Lifeline Waiver Bid in Puerto Rico, USVI to May 31; PR Wireless Files Request
The FCC partially granted a Telrite request to extend a temporary waiver of Lifeline USF "recertification and non-usage rules in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through May 31," citing lingering hurricane disruption. "Because of these compelling and unique…
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circumstances, we find good cause to temporarily waive for 30 days sections 54.405(e)(3), 54.405(e)(4), 54.407(c)(2), and 54.410(f) of the Commission’s rules for all eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) serving Lifeline subscribers residing in Puerto Rico or the USVI," said a Wireline Bureau order Thursday in docket 11-42. Telrite's petition sought a waiver extension until the FCC determines it's in the public interest to be lifted. A PRWireless petition posted Thursday sought an "emergency waiver of the Lifeline recertification rules to prevent loss of critical wireless telephone service by thousands of low‐income inhabitants of Puerto Rico who face severe challenges in the ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria."