Dell Telephone will go out of business by 2016 and...
Dell Telephone will go out of business by 2016 and default on its loans with the Rural Utilities Service unless it gets a waiver of some of the new universal service rules limiting reimbursement of capital and operating expenses, it…
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told FCC Wireline Bureau officials Friday (http://xrl.us/bnsgfb). The telco faces “extremely high operational costs with little opportunity for revenue growth,” and ceasing operations would leave most of its 800 Texas and New Mexico customers without voice and broadband services, it said in a presentation (CD Aug 13 p7). Dell said it has met the standard for a waiver, arguing that despite “efforts to utilize cost-effective technology and prudently operate its network,” costs remain “extremely high."