FCC Offers Guidance for Price-Cap Telcos on CAF I Support Compliance
The FCC provided compliance guidance to price-cap telcos that accepted Connect America Fund Phase I incremental support. CAF I support was offered in two rounds, and for both rounds recipients are required to submit certifications and lists of geocoded locations…
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as part of their annual FCC Form 481 submissions, said a Wireline Bureau public notice in docket 10-90 listed in Monday's Daily Digest. The three-year deadline for meeting the CAF I incremental support duties for the first round was July 24, 2015, the PN said. "CAF Phase I recipients for the first round are required to certify that they are meeting the CAF Phase I incremental support requirements and provide the final list of locations as part of their Form 481 submission due July 1, 2016," it said. "CAF Phase I recipients for the second round will be required to certify on their FCC Form 481 due July 1, 2016 that they deployed broadband to no fewer than two-thirds of the required locations within two years of the date of acceptance of support. CAF Phase I recipients for the second round will submit geocoded information for the two-year milestone on July 1, 2016." The Universal Service Administrative Co. will be validating compliance with deployment milestones and testing certification accuracy. The bureau also provided guidance on the types of documents that recipients should be prepared to produce on request.