Carrier Agrees to $1M Fine That Addresses 2011 Filing Error
The FCC said i-wireless agreed to pay a $1 million fine for an inaccurate filing it made in 2011, as it sought eligible telecom carrier status in Florida. The agency approved the application in 2012. “AT&T’s study area in Florida,…
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which includes portions of several major population centers such as Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Orlando, and Jacksonville, was not included in the i-wireless submission or the appendix,” the Enforcement Bureau said in an order in Wednesday’s Daily Digest. In 2013, i-wireless “filed a request to amend its designated service area in Florida to include AT&T’s study area” saying it was “inadvertently omitted from the list of approved service areas in Florida,” the bureau said. The Wireline Bureau approved the amended request for ETC status, citing “the unique circumstances presented.”