OptimERA Defends ETC Request
Small wireless provider OptimERA disputed the Alaska Remote Carrier Coalition (ARCC)'s comments about the denial of its application to serve as an eligible telecom carrier in Alaska. In a filing posted Monday in docket 23-328, the carrier disputed ARCC's claim that the application was denied because it “was too speculative and conditioned upon too many uncertain factors,” saying the Alaska regulator left open OptimERA’s status.
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OptimERA isn't a recipient of USF high-cost support, “nor is it actively involved in the bidding process as the application window for the Alaska Connect Fund has not yet opened,” the filing said. “Because the FCC has not yet established a timeline for distribution of Alaska Connect Fund support to mobile carriers in Alaska, OptimERA could not provide a timeline for when it might receive such support,” the carrier said. Because no auction had been scheduled, OptimERA couldn’t “predict the nature or scope of ... its potential Alaska Connect Fund support.”