CTIA Chief Meets With Wheeler, Clyburn on Lifeline
CTIA President Meredith Baker urged a collaborative approach to develop rules for the Lifeline program, in meetings at the FCC, said a filing in docket 11-42. Baker met with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. “CTIA expressed support…
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for the Commission’s goal to evolve the Lifeline program to support broadband services, including mobile wireless broadband, and agreed that the proposed reforms to program administration will help to further improve the effectiveness of Lifeline,” the group said. “However, CTIA expressed significant concern that the minimum standards for mobile wireless services described in the Commission’s recent Lifeline Fact Sheet will have a negative impact on millions of participating low-income consumers later this year when the new rules force a flash cut to unlimited mobile wireless voice minute plans.” Wireless carriers have emerged as leading critics of the Lifeline proposal before commissioners (see 1603170044) and scheduled for a Thursday vote.