Windstream Agrees to $18,000 Settlement Over Ignoring Tribal Request
Windstream agreed to pay $18,000 and institute a compliance plan as part of a settlement with the FCC Enforcement Bureau over the company’s construction of two wireless towers on tribal land without the on-site monitoring requested by the affected tribes,…
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said a consent decree Monday. Windstream self-reported the violation in 2019 and said a contractor performed “construction activities.” The company “admits that it constructed at the Nebraska Tower and Arkansas Tower without the onsite monitoring requested by the affected tribes,” said the consent decree. The carrier must implement a compliance procedure and employee training and report on its compliance to the FCC for three years. The telco didn’t comment.