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…

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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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