The FCC Wireline Bureau extended to Sept. 30 the deadline for Lifeline documentation requirements for subscribers in rural areas on tribal lands, including reverification, recertification, de-enrollment and income, said an order in Monday’s Daily Digest. The bureau directed the Universal Service Administrative Co. to not de-enroll any subscriber for failing to respond to a documentation request if the given deadline was on or before Sept. 30. The bureau previously extended the deadline to June 30 (see 2102250022).
The FCC Wireline Bureau granted the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates' petition to extend the comment period for its petition for reconsideration of the 2016 Lifeline order on the phasedown of voice-only support, said an order in Monday’s Daily Digest (see 2106020007). Comments are now due Aug. 2, replies Aug. 17.
OMB OK'd for three years FCC E-rate information collection, said Friday’s Federal Register. Schools and libraries must certify compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (see 1912190020).
OMB approved for three years information collection for the FCC 8YY charge order's toll-free or intercarrier compensation rules (see 2010090064), said Thursday’s Federal Register.
The FCC Enforcement Bureau granted AT&T and Aureon's joint motion to dismiss a complaint against Aureon about a tariff dispute (see 2106230061), said an order Thursday in docket 17-5.
The North American Numbering Council unanimously approved a report and recommendations from the Numbering Administration Oversight Working Group on North American numbering plan billing and collection fund size projections and contributions factor. Billing and collection agent Welch & Co. projected the revenue base is $92.7 billion and the contribution factor is 0.0000535. NANC also approved a WG’s report that Welch met its performance requirements. This all took place at NANC's virtual meeting on Wednesday.
AT&T and Aureon asked the FCC to dismiss a complaint against Aureon about a tariff dispute, said a joint motion posted Wednesday in docket 17-56 (see 2105140053). The providers said they "formally settled the disputes."
The FCC Wireline Bureau granted a Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition petition for a waiver of some E-rate rules, said an order in Tuesday's Daily Digest. SHLB asked that the June 30 special construction service delivery deadline for all FY 2019-20 applicants be extended to June 30, 2022. Applicants may seek a waiver regardless of whether they previously got an extension from Universal Service Administrative Co. or from the commission, the order said. This doesn't extend the deadline for applicants from earlier funding years, but they can seek waiver if there's a need.
No major changes were made to the FCC order providing guidelines and requirements for Connected Care pilot program participants, we found in our comparison with the draft. Commissioners approved the order during their June 17 meeting (see 2106170063). The final order was in Tuesday's Daily Digest.
OK Smith Bagley’s request for a six-month extension on Lifeline verification waivers for providers serving the Navajo Nation, asked Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Chairman Arvin Trujillo in a letter to FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel posted Monday in docket 11-42. Navajos are five times as likely as “the average American” to contract and die from COVID-19 and the Navajo Nation has instituted curfews, occupancy limits and other “drastic steps” to slow the disease’s spread, they wrote. The FCC Lifeline usage requirement is a concern, because many Navajos lack consistent access to electricity, they said.