SI Wireless Asks Court to Order FCC to Address Its Rip-and-Replace Claims
Small carrier SI Wireless on Friday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to compel the FCC to address its claims over blocked payments under the agency's Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program.
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“SI sued because the FCC wouldn’t address SI’s request to dissolve a funding freeze imposed in July 2024, after SI’s payments had slowed to a trickle,” the carrier said. The FCC “will dither unless it is placed on a timetable,” SI said. ”Meanwhile SI can neither recoup its spending nor recover appreciable customer income. Its dire financial plight will only worsen and leave it with the unpalatable and inequitable option of bankruptcy.”