Western Iowa Wireless Fined $10K for Data Submission Violations
The FCC Enforcement Bureau on Monday imposed a $10,000 fine against Western Iowa Wireless for allegedly failing to file FCC Form 477 16 times and filing the form late five times. The FCC uses the form to collect data on…
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broadband deployment and local telephone competition. The Enforcement Bureau noted that it initially proposed a $10,000 forfeiture in 2021 “consisting of a $3,000 base forfeiture for the one violation that occurred within the one-year statute of limitations and a $7,000 upward adjustment for the company’s history of noncompliance.” The amount “comports” with fines imposed “in substantially similar cases.”