FCC Close to Issuing Item to Enhance USF Support to Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
FCC actions to help Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are "expected shortly," an agency official said Wednesday. A combined order and NPRM to enhance USF subsidy support for the islands is going through the process of "scrubbing" and…
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commissioners writing their statements, the official said. Chairman Ajit Pai told the Senate Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee May 17 (see 1805170073) that the commission approved his proposals to provide additional short-term funding for restoring the islands' communications networks damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria, and longer-term support for expanding broadband access.