Tribal Group Asks FCC to Reverse Bureau Designation of Lifeline Broadband Providers
The National Tribal Telecommunications Association asked the FCC to reverse a Dec. 1 Wireline Bureau order designating certain mobile wireless resellers to be Lifeline broadband providers (LBP): Spot On Networks, Boomerang Wireless, KonaTel and STS Media (FreedomPop) (see 1612010070). NTTA's…
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petition for reconsideration said there isn't evidence in the record the carriers complied with FCC rule Section 54.202(c) to provide tribal governments and their regulators notice of their LBP petitions. It asked the FCC to make clear that LBP applications must comply with the rule's requirements and acknowledge its own need to notify tribal authorities of such petitions. The grant of LBP status to KonaTel and FreedomPop also should be reconsidered because the comment period on their applications hadn't ended before the bureau acted, NTTA said.