Liberty Mobile Execs Oppose Plan to Cut Some USF Support
Executives at Liberty Mobile in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands spoke with all four FCC commissioners to oppose proposals in an FCC Further NPRM on extending USF support to eligible mobile and fixed carriers in both territories (see…
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2210270046). In recent comments, industry raised similar concerns (see 2212120053). A proposed 75% reduction in Stage 2 support “would undermine the Commission’s goals of universal service and competition,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-143. “The Liberty representatives discussed the Unique Characteristics of Puerto Rico and USVI … which increase the cost of their mobile networks.”