On December 29, 2011, the Commission amended its rules to define voice telephony as the supported service, eliminate support for toll limitation services and removed directory assistance and operator services, among other things, from the list of supported services. As a result of those amendments, many Lifeline only ETCs no longer met the facilities requirement. The Commission granted conditional blanket forbearance of the facilities requirement for Lifeline-only ETCs in the Lifeline Reform Order, and found that blanket forbearance of the facilities requirement for Lifeline-only ETCs was in the public interest, subject to carriers meeting certain public safety and compliance obligations. The Commission required that each carrier seeking to avail itself of the blanket facilities forbearance granted in the Lifeline Reform Order submit for approval by the Wireline Competition Bureau, a compliance plan outlining certain measures to prevent waste in the Lifeline fund. The following are a list of carriers with compliance plans pending with the Bureau:
Pending Lifeline Compliance Plans
- Absolute Home Phones, Inc.
- Assist Wireless, LLC
- Assurance Home Phone Services, Inc.
- Cellspan Inc.
- Cintex Wireless, LLC
- ConnectTo World, Inc.
- Easy Telephone Services Company
- Excess Telecom, Inc.
- Executone of Chattanooga, L.L.C. d/b/a Concentric Network Solutions, L.L.C. d/b/a HUDconnect
- Express Cash and Phone, Inc.
- EZ Reach Mobile, LLC
- FLATEL Wireless, Inc. dba ZING PCS
- Free Mobile, Inc.
- Head Start Telecom, Inc.
- Integrated Path Communications
- KAJEET INC.
- LTS of Rocky Mount, LLC
- Mobile Net POSA, Inc.
- NewPhone Wireless, L.L.C.
- New Talk, Inc. and New Talk Wireless, LLC
- North American Local, LLC
- Pinnacle Telecommunications Group, LLC
- SafeTel, LLC
- SelecTel
- Talk N Text Wireless, LLC
- Talkfly, LLC
- T C Telephone, L.L.C.
- Tele Circuit Network Corporation
- Torch Wireless
- True Wireless, LLC
- TX Mobile, LLC
- US Connect LLC
- Vast Companies, LLC dba Vast Communications
- You Talk Mobile, LLC
- YourTel America, Inc. | Exhibit 1 | Exhibit 2 | Exhibit 3 | Exhibit 4
Bureau-Approved Compliance Plans
- Airvoice Wireless, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- American Broadband & Telecommunications | Approval Public Notice
- AmeriMex Communications Corp. | Approval Public Notice
- Birch Communications, Inc. (now Tempo Telecom, LLC) | Approval Public Notice
- Blue Jay Wireless, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- Boomerang Wireless, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- Budget PrePay, Inc. | Approval Public Notice
- Consumer Cellular, Inc. | Approval Public Notice
- Global Connection Inc. of America (Wireless) | Approval Public Notice
- Global Connection Inc. of America (Wireline) | Approval Public Notice
- IM Telecom, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- Millennium 2000 Inc. | Approval Public Notice
- Nexus Communications, Inc. | Approval Public Notice
- Phone Club Corporation | Approval Public Notice
- PlatinumTel Communications, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- Q Link Wireless LLC | Approval Public Notice
- Sage Telecom Communications, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- TAG Mobile, LLC | Approval Public Notice
- TerraCom, Inc. | Exhibit 1 | Exhibit 2 | Exhibit 3 | Exhibit 4 | Approval Public Notice
- Telrite Corporation | Approval Public Notice
- Telscape Communications, Inc. | Approval Public Notice
- Total Call Mobile, Inc. | Exhibit A-G | Approval Public Notice
Bureau-Denied Compliance Plans
- American Connect Services, LLC
- CAL Communications
- Capital Communications Consultants, Inc.
- Conexions, LLC
- CuraTel, LLC
- Data Net Systems, Inc. d/b/a Trucomm
- EveryCall Communications, Inc.
- FedLink Wireless, LLC
- Four Star Marketing, LLC
- Illinois Telephone Corporation | Certification (English) | Certification (Spanish) | Application (English) | Application (Spanish)
- Linkup Telecom, Inc.
- Meggatel Corporation
- NHLT, Inc.
- OneLink Wireless, LLC
- PhoneAid Communications Corp. dba PhoneAid Wireless
- Prepaid Wireless Retail, LLC
- ReCellular
- Talkfly, LLC
- TelOps International, Inc. | Exhibits 1-3
- T-Wire Corporation
- Unity Telecom, LLC
- U-Phone, LLC
Pending ETC Petitions
- Airvoice Wireless, LLC
- American Broadband and Telecommunications Company
- Amerimex Communications Corp.
- Assist Wireless, LLC
- Blue Jay Wireless, LLC
- Boomerang Wireless, LLC
- Budget PrePay, Inc.
- Cintex Wireless, LLC | Part 2 | Part 3
- Consumer Cellular, Inc. | ex parte letter | Appendix I | Appendix II | Appendix III | Appendix IV
- EZ Reach Mobile, LLC
- FLATEL Wireless, Inc. dba ZING PCS
- Free Mobile, Inc
- Global Connection Inc. of America | Amendment
- IM Telecom, LLC
- kajeet Inc.
- LTS of Rocky Mount, LLC
- Milennium 2000 Inc.
- Mobile Net POSA, Inc.
- NewPhone Wireless
- Pinnacle Telecommunications Group, LLC
- Q Link Wireless LLC | Amendment
- Sage Telecom Communications, LLC | Maine Petition | Maine Petition Amendment
- SelecTel
- TAG Mobile, LLC
- Talk N Text Wireless, LLC dba TNT Wireless
- Tele Circuit Network Corporation
- TelOps International, Inc. dba AmTel | Exhibit A pt1 | Exhibit A pt2 | Exhibit B pt1 | Exhibit B pt2 | Exhibit C
- Telrite Corporation
- Tempo Telecom, LLC
- TerraCom, Inc.
- Total Call Mobile, Inc. | Exhibit A | Exhibit B | Exhibit C | Exhibit D | Exhibit E | Exhibit F | Exhibit G | Exhibit H
- True Wireless, LLC
- TX Mobile
- Vast Companies, LLC dba Vast Communications | Attachment
- You Talk Mobile -- Federal, LLC
Bureau-Approved ETC Petitions
- Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co., L.L.C. d/b/a Blue Wireless | Designation Order
- Cricket Communications, Inc. | Designation Order
- i-wireless, LLC | Designation Order
- NTCH, Inc. | Designation Order
- NTUA Wireless, LLC | Designation Order
- SI Wireless, LLC | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Designation Order
- T-Mobile USA, Inc. | Designation Order
Bureau-Denied ETC Petitions
- Birch Communications, Inc.
- Conexions, LLC
- FedLink Wireless, LLC
- Leech Lake Telecommunications Company, LLC
- LINE UP, LLC
- Linkup Telecom, Inc.
- Navajo Pillars Telecommunications, Inc.
- Nexus Communications, Inc.
- Nez Perce Tribe
- OneLink Wireless, Inc.
- PlatinumTel Communications, LLC
- Prepaid Wireless Retail, LLC
- Talkfly, LLC
- TelOps International, Inc. dba AmTel | Exhibit A pt1 | Exhibit A pt2 | Exhibit B pt1 | Exhibit B pt2 | Exhibit C
- U-Phone, LLC