SBC will make a voluntary payment of $500,000 to settle an FCC in...
SBC will make a voluntary payment of $500,000 to settle an FCC investigation into E-rate irregularities in the New London, Conn., school system that SBC reported to the FCC in Aug. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a consent decree…
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Thurs. in which SBC also agreed to a companywide employee training program to avoid such problems in the future. The FCC said SBC invoiced the Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC) in one funding year for services provided in another, invoiced USAC for some services for which it hadn’t sought authorization and for some not eligible for E-rate support. SBC said it discovered the irregularities during a companywide review of its E-rate involvement. It said its SBC Conn. subsidiary refunded USAC all funds related to the project and withdrew pending invoices. SBC said the problem was limited to the Conn. unit.