CTIA supports “elements” of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal...
CTIA supports “elements” of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service’s recommended decision on changes to the low-income Universal Service Fund program, the group said in an FCC ex parte filing. The association reported on a meeting last week with…
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Wireline Bureau officials. CTIA supported the board’s recommendation of the use of a national database for determining consumer eligibility for low-income Lifeline support, the filing said. “CTIA urged the Bureau to ensure that establishment of the database is done in a comprehensive manner that accommodates modern communications and addresses issues of waste, fraud and abuse,” the filing said. “Additionally, CTIA urged the Bureau to consider the national scale of the USF low-income programs and avoid a patchwork of 50 separate databases for eligibility without a national aggregation point."