Mobility Fund Phase II, USF Contributions Deadlines Set
Including resolution of some Mobility Fund Phase II petitions and setting a deadline for comments on USF budgeting, numerous FCC notices are to appear in Wednesday's Federal Register. In a final rule to be effective May 25, the agency said…
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it's resolving remaining petitions for reconsideration on Mobility Fund Phase II by revising the language of its collocation rule and reducing the value of the letter of credit a Phase II support recipient has to hold after Universal Service Administration Co. and the agency verify the recipient "achieved significant progress" on buildout and service provision requirements. Effective Wednesday is a three-year information collection requirement for its NET 911 Improvement Act order of 2009, it said. The FCC said the Office of Management and Budget approved the information collection mandates that were part of its reporting requirements for U.S. providers of international services report and order from its 2016 biennial review of telecom regulations. It said comments are due May 25, replies July 24 on a proposed rule on establishing a budget allowing for "robust broadband deployment" in rate of return areas while "minimizing the burden" on ratepayers of USF contribution while bringing "greater certainty and stability to rate-of-return high-cost funding." It sought comments on other reforms to increase broadband deployment.