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Puerto Rico Telephone Co. got the FCC extension it requested...

Puerto Rico Telephone Co. got the FCC extension it requested for subscribers who didn’t complete their Lifeline recertification process by the Dec. 31 deadline. A Wireline Bureau order gave PRTC a limited 20-day extension, and waived the requirement that the…

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telco de-enroll subscribers that didn’t recertify by Dec. 31 as long as they did so by Jan. 20 (http://xrl.us/bocb3k). The bureau found “good cause” that a waiver would serve the public interest, Friday’s order said. “We accept PRTC’s representation that many of its subscribers may have been confused by the overlap between the [state] and FCC processes, and we find that in these unique circumstances, it would serve the public interest to allow an additional 20 days for PRTC to complete the recertification process."