The FCC Wireline Bureau sought comment on a...
The FCC Wireline Bureau sought comment on a May petition by TracFone asking the FCC to amend its rules to prohibit in-person distribution of handsets to prospective Lifeline customers. “The primary purpose for the proposed rule would be to prevent…
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waste, fraud, and abuse of Universal Service Fund resources,” TracFone said (http://bit.ly/12AqclE). “A secondary, but also important, purpose would be to improve the perception of the Lifeline program in the face of program critics who have called for its elimination, often in light of press reports of unscrupulous providers and irresponsible agents who have been recorded literally handing out handsets on street comers with no apparent efforts to verify the consumers’ Lifeline eligibility.” TracFone suggested the FCC should require eligible telecommunications carriers to send handsets to customers through the U.S. mail or an approved delivery service. TracFone, a leading provider of low-cost, prepaid wireless service, has been an active participant in the Lifeline program. Comments are due on the petition June 17, replies July 2, the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1863xQl).