T-Mobile has agreed to pay a civil penalty to settle an FCC Sprint Lifeline investigation dating back over a year. The Sprint Lifeline settlement is for $200 million. The Lifeline program, administered by the FCC, pays service providers $9.25 a…
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Pai Lifeline Proposal: Recipients Should Get 4.5 GB Per Month, Not 11.75 GB
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is recommending that the minimum monthly data allotment for the low-income Lifeline program should be 4.5 gigabytes (GB) per month. The Pai Lifeline proposal represents an increase from the current 3 GB standard, but considerably less…
Latest FCC Lifeline Program Abuse Allegation Leads to Proposed $6 Million Fine for Tracfone
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a fine of more than $6 million against Tracfone Wireless for apparent violations of the FCC’s Lifeline program rules. Identifying Lifeline program abuse has become a focus of the FCC. According to the FCC,…
FCC Adopts Stricter Lifeline Low-Income Program Rules
The FCC has released an order adopted in late October that strengthens rules for the Lifeline telecom program that pays some of a low-income user’s phone or broadband costs. The goal is to strengthen the program’s enrollment, recertification and reimbursement…
FCC Alleges Sprint Lifeline Violation Involving 885,000 Low-Income Subscribers
The FCC says that it “has learned” that Sprint claimed monthly subsidies for serving subscribers to the Lifeline program that are not using the service. The Lifeline program pays some or all of the costs of a low-income household’s fixed…
FCC Proposes Stricter Lifeline Low-Income Broadband and Voice Program Rules
A proposed Lifeline Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) circulating within the FCC would impose stricter Lifeline program rules, but doesn’t deal with several other issues that are on the table, including whether to cap the program budget….
FCC Proposes $63 Million Fine for Lifeline Violations
WASHINGTON, October 23, 2018—The Federal Communications Commission today proposed a $63,465,500 fine against American Broadband and Telecommunications Company, a wireless reseller based in Ohio, for apparent repeated, systematic, and large-scale violations of FCC rules governing the Lifeline program, which helps…
TruConnect Acquires FreedomPop Lifeline Database
LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 23, 2018 – Over the past 6 years, TruConnect has been committed to ensuring all Americans have access to basic telecommunication services. In its further effort to broaden its reach and achieve 100% connectivity, especially those in rural areas, TruConnect…
Proposed FCC Lifeline Reforms Include Cap, No Free Service, No Resellers
The FCC today adopted several reforms to the Universal Service Lifeline low-income program applicable in large part to tribal areas. In addition, the commission proposed broader Lifeline reforms that would impact all funding recipients – reforms that include imposing a…
FCC Proposes USF Lifeline Cap for $2 Billion Annual Program, Resellers Would be Ineligible
The FCC is proposing major changes to the USF Lifeline program, including imposing a cap on the program, which has disbursed as much as $2.1 billion in a year to cover some or all of the cost of broadband and/or…
GAO: Report Finds Evidence of FCC Lifeline Program Fraud
A three-year study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has revealed evidence of FCC Lifeline program fraud. Evidence included large numbers of fake and deceased recipients, lack of verification of more than one-third of participants and other significant management…
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