Wireless Has Big Role To Play in Lifeline Program Refocused on Internet Access, CTIA Says
Wireless has a big role to play if the FCC moves forward on a Lifeline program overhaul (see 1505010051), CTIA said in an ex parte filing at the agency. CTIA officials met with Gigi Sohn, aide to Chairman Tom Wheeler,…
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and officials in the Wireline Bureau, the group said. CTIA offered “general support for the Commission’s recent efforts to deter waste, fraud and abuse in the Lifeline program, including support for the National Lifeline Accountability Database, which has successfully limited duplicate enrollments,” the filing said. The FCC is expected to expand the program to offer a minimal level of broadband support, CTIA said. “In potentially defining broadband as an eligible service for purposes of the Lifeline program, CTIA encouraged the Commission to recognize the unique characteristics and ability of mobile broadband services to offer affordable broadband services to low-income consumers.” The filing was in docket 11-42.