Sprint Nextel asked the FCC to approve its Aug. 28...
Sprint Nextel asked the FCC to approve its Aug. 28 petition for waiver that would allow it to forego recertification of its postpaid Lifeline customer base, since Sprint will no longer provide them with service starting Jan. 1. No one…
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opposes the petition, Sprint said. “Very few end users are affected by this petition -- only 500 as of September 30, 2012, with the number of Lifeline customers expected to continue to decline as the deadline for Sprint’s remaining [eligible telecommunications carrier] relinquishments approaches,” Sprint said (http://xrl.us/bnya22). Each of the customers has already received at least one notice that Sprint is dropping out of the Lifeline program, the carrier said. “To attempt re-certification at this juncture would be confusing to these end users, and will do nothing to prevent waste, fraud and abuse in the Lifeline program.”