FCC Proposes $62M Fine Against Q Link Wireless
The FCC proposed a notice of apparent liability of $62 million against Q Link Wireless for alleged violations of rules for the emergency broadband benefit program. Q Link claimed “support for hundreds of thousands of computer tablets” and “apparently obtained…
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at least $20,792,800 in improper disbursements from the EBB Program during the period under review,” said a notice in Wednesday’s Daily Digest. Q Link didn’t comment. “We find that, by claiming reimbursements for EBB connected devices at a rate apparently substantially exceeding their market value, Q Link apparently willfully and repeatedly violated the sections of the [2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act] and the Commission’s rules prescribing these requirements applicable to service providers in the EBB Program,” the notice said. Commissioners approved the notice last week.