South Carolina conditionally approved Allied Wireless Communications to be designated...
South Carolina conditionally approved Allied Wireless Communications to be designated an eligible telecom carrier (ETC), in a Thursday order after nearly two years of proceedings (http://xrl.us/bnfrct). Allied applied for ETC status Nov. 24, 2010, but in July 2011, the South…
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Carolina Public Service Commission “held Allied’s application in abeyance in anticipation of the FCC’s action” in reforming the USF, which happened in November. Allied requested the PSC grant continued abeyance in February 2012 (http://xrl.us/bnfree) as the FCC continued to work out its list of unserved areas and Mobility Fund eligibility requirements, which it concluded in May. Mobility Fund eligibility calls for ETC status and will be considered at the FCC’s phase 1 auction set for Sept. 27, with a filing deadline of July 11. Allied applied for expedited ETC consideration with the South Carolina PSC on June 7 (http://xrl.us/bnfrdf), and the PSC complied without opposition in granting conditional ETC status to let the carrier bid for Mobility Fund money, the state commission said, with the approval’s condition based on successful bidding. The PSC called the company “uniquely positioned” to “bring service to these unserved areas in South Carolina."