Topic
Lifeline Program
38 published works
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WCB Announces Counties where Conditional Forbearance from Lifeline Voice Obligation Applies
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the counties in which conditional forbearance from the obligation to offer Lifeline-supported voice service applies. Such forbearance applies to the Lifeline voice obligation…
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Lifeline Minimum Service Standards and Indexed Budget Amount Announced
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the updated minimum services standards for Lifeline program-supported service standards. The Bureau has announced that the newly calculated minimum service standard for…
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WCB Extends Pause of Lifeline Voice Phase-Out and Mobile Data Changes
The Wireline Competition Bureau has extended, until December 1, 2025, the waiver pausing the phase-out of Lifeline support for voice-only services and the scheduled increase in Lifeline minimum service standards…
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FCC Adopts Rules to Ensure Reliable Access to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
The FCC has adopted rules to ensure the public has reliable access to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In order to address the issues of service outages, the FCC…
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WCB Extends Lifeline Waiver for Additional Year
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued an Order extending the waiver pausing both the phase out of Lifeline support for voice-only services and the increase in Lifeline minimum service…
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USF News: WCB Grants Limited, One-Time Waiver to Number of Lifeline Subscribers
By Kelley Drye
On May 30, 2023, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), in an Order (DA 23-460) on its own motion, granted a limited, one-time waiver to a number of Lifeline subscribers who…
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WCB Announces Updated Lifeline Fixed Minimum Service Standards
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced an updated fixed broadband minimum service standard for data usage allowance for the Lifeline program. The Lifeline new data usage allowance for fixed…
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Wireline Competition Bureau Denies Blue Casa Petition for Waiver
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has denied a Petition for Waiver filed by Blue Casa Telephone, LLC, requesting that the FCC waive rules requiring a biennial audit for certain Eligible…
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WCB Announces Lifeline-Supported Conditional Forbearance Counties
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the Lifeline-supported counties where conditional forbearance applies, pursuant to the Commission’s 2016 Lifeline Order. The 2016 Lifeline Order established conditional forbearance from Lifeline…
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WCB Extends Waiver Pausing Phase-Out of Voice-Only Lifeline Support and Increases in Minimum Standards for Mobile Data Capacity
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has extended a waiver pausing the scheduled phase-out of Lifeline support for voice-only services and the annual increase in minimum service standards for mobile broadband…