Waivers Granted for Lifeline Petitions
Three waivers of requirements on eligible telecom carriers to re-certify eligibility of Lifeline subscribers annually were granted by Ryan Palmer, chief of the FCC Wireline Bureau's Telecom Access Policy Division, said an order Tuesday, posted in docket 11-42. The ETCs’…
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certification processes were sufficient to ensure all Lifeline subscribers are eligible, the order said. The waivers were granted for a petition filed by Budget PrePay, another by SE Acquisitions, and a third by Cricket Communications and Leap Wireless International. A waiver also was granted to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, which sought an extension for the date of the uniform eligibility criteria for ETCs in the state. The PUC requested additional time to implement the requirement. Dismissed was NTCH’s petition seeking reconsideration of the bureau’s deadline for broadband pilot applications because the deadline has passed and the pilot program will be ending shortly, the order said.