The FCC should revise the one-year limit on a USF contributor’s...
The FCC should revise the one-year limit on a USF contributor’s ability to re-file its FCC Form 499 and obtain a refund from the fund, CTIA officials said in a meeting with Nicholas Degani, aide to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.…
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“CTIA urged the Commission to replace the current rule with a reasonable, symmetrical deadline for revised Form 499 filings,” said an ex parte filing on the meeting (http://xrl.us/bn6wir). “As CTIA has previously explained, the one-year deadline set in the Bureau Order1 is unfair, procedurally defective, and arbitrary and capricious.” CTIA complained in particular that the rule places no time limits on revisions that increase a filer’s contribution.