Teleperformance Group on Friday applied for “full certification” to provide video relay service eligible for compensation from the interstate telecommunications relay service fund. “Currently, ZP is operating pursuant to a conditional certification on an interim basis following the consummation of Teleperformance’s acquisition of ZP,” the company said in an application filed in docket 03-123.

Representatives from fiber company Arcadian met with an aide to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr about the importance of programmatic agreements for building out infrastructure. Arcadian asked in particular about potential agreements with the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, said a filing posted Friday in docket 17-84. “Programmatic agreements would save time and money on projects by covering large swaths of land in one permit rather than having to pull permits for every small parcel involved in a project,” Arcadian said. “These agreements also have long-term benefits for future maintenance and repair work.”

The FCC should move cautiously in revising rules for pole attachments, representatives of infrastructure builder Extenet said in a meeting with aides to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Commissioners approved a Further NPRM in 2023 about resolving pole attachment disputes more quickly (see 2312130044). “Extenet encouraged the Commission to focus on enforcing current regulations to promote transparency and communication, rather than repealing … regulations,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 17-84. “Current regulations balance the needs of both utilities and attachers and should be enforced.”

X-energy, a closely held nuclear reactor and fuel design engineering company, has joined Incompas to support the group’s work on AI, Incompas said Thursday. “Collaboration is needed to address the energy needs for advanced technologies,” said Incompas CEO Chip Pickering. “A reliable, clean energy supply, leveraging advanced nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors, promise the enhanced safety, flexibility and reliability to support AI’s growing energy requirements.”

The Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector, also known as Team Telecom, notified the FCC this week that it's reviewing Bell Canada's proposed acquisition of Ziply Fiber (see 2412090045). The deal is straightforward, and “there is no significant risk to the transaction being approved,” New Street's Blair Levin said Thursday. But, he added, approval may get caught up in President Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs.

The FCC should stay the Wireline Bureau order denying AT&T’s request for review of Universal Service Administrative Co. decisions on recovering funds disbursed under the emergency broadband benefit (EBB) program (see 2501170042|), AT&T said in a request for stay filed Wednesday. The bureau’s denial order, which upheld USAC’s decision to recover EBB funds paid to AT&T, was “contrary to the statute that created the EBB Program and the Commission’s implementing rules,” AT&T said. If the denial order isn’t stayed while AT&T appeals it, USAC could continue recovery actions against AT&T. “Maintaining the status quo pending Commission action” on the appeal “will harm no party and serve the public interest by preventing a potential chilling effect on provider participation in current or future low-income subsidy programs,” AT&T said.

Luminys expressed disappointment and asked for additional time to address the FCC’s finding that the company was selling equipment from Dahua, which is on the FCC’s “covered list” of providers of unsecure gear (see 2502140040). Foxlink announced its acquisition of Dahua Technology USA last month. “As it has repeatedly explained to the Commission, both Luminys and its majority shareholder Foxlink, which are wholly owned and managed by Taiwanese individuals, have no prior or current corporate relationship” with China’s Zhejiang Dahua Technology “or any Dahua-affiliated entities,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 25-85. “Nor do they have any intention of establishing such a relationship in the future.” Luminys and Foxlink “take pride in maintaining a robust, diverse, and transparent supply chain that does not include any involvement by Covered List companies,” the filing said. Luminys asked for an additional 14 days, until March 10, to respond to the commission’s Feb. 13 show cause order.

WTA members are concerned about the uncertainty stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court review of FCC v. Consumers' Research, a case that could invalidate how the USF program is funded (see 2501090045), as well as the future of the enhanced alternative connect America cost model program, representatives from the group said in a meeting with aides to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. WTA members also “raised the need for addressing both USF contribution and distribution reform,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 10-90. “The current contribution factor is above 36% and is unsustainable, and therefore the Commission should look to assess [broadband internet access service] providers and work with Congress to have edge providers and others who should be contributing to USF do so in order to bring the contribution factor down and be spread equitably among all users.” The WTA members also reported on meetings with aides to Commissioners Nathan Simington and Anna Gomez.

Aventiv Technologies CEO Dave Abel and other executives from the company and subsidiary Securus met with aides to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioner Nathan Simington on the FCC’s 2024 incarcerated people’s communication services (IPCS) order. Securus opposes part of the order, which it’s challenging in federal court (see 2502140049). The executives discussed “pending petitions for reconsideration, various appeals of the 2024 IPCS Order and related ongoing proceedings,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 12-375. “We also discussed the effect of the … Order on the state of the IPCS marketplace and our expectations.”

Frontier notified the FCC of changes in its business as the agency considers Verizon’s proposed buy of the company in a $20 billion all-cash deal announced in September (see 2409050010). Assets of Frontier Florida were transferred to Frontier Tampa Bay, the company said in a filing posted Friday in docket 24-445. Frontier called the change an “internal reorganization” that won’t “result in a major change to the transaction.”