CTIA and USTelecom want the FCC to clarify certain broadband...
CTIA and USTelecom want the FCC to clarify certain broadband reporting obligations in the USF/intercarrier compensation rules. The commission previously denied a request by USTelecom to reconsider imposing new reporting requirements on eligible telecom carriers whose support is being eliminated,…
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but “did not discuss considerations for ETCs whose legacy support is being eliminated,” the groups wrote in their petition for reconsideration (http://xrl.us/bnc4oh). The commission also needs to address reporting requirements for incumbent wireline ETCs whose support is subject to elimination, they said. The commission’s third order on reconsideration “leaves unsettled what reporting and related requirements actually apply to wireless and wireline ETCs,” they said. The groups asked the commission to eliminate obligations to collect and file broadband data, which was “potentially called for” in an “ambiguous” section of the order. They also asked the commission to limit the filing of five-year service quality improvement plans and progress reports to ETCs that receive Phase II support, and to eliminate a requirement that an ETC certify that “frozen” Interstate Access Support (IAS) was used for broadband deployment. “This certification is impossible to make because the Commission requires that IAS support be used for other purposes … and carriers cannot spend this funding twice,” they said.