So far this year, the FCC has identified 135,000 duplicate...
So far this year, the FCC has identified 135,000 duplicate Lifeline subscriptions in Missouri, New York and Washington, and eliminating them will cut costs by about $15 million, the Wireline Bureau said Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bm8bp9). This is on top of 270,000…
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duplicates discovered in 2011, bringing the total to 405,000 duplicates and $50 million in savings, the bureau said, indicating it expects to review another 4.2 million Lifeline records this year. The Universal Service Administrative Co. is tasked with doing “in-depth data evaluations,” an FCC spokesman said. Last year USAC got through 12 states, and this year it is on track for 15, he said. A national subscriber database is scheduled to launch in 2013 and will safeguard against duplicate subscriptions, leading to a savings of $2 billion over three years, the bureau said.