U.S. Cellular accused Verizon Wireless of continuing to collect high-cost...
U.S. Cellular accused Verizon Wireless of continuing to collect high-cost Universal Service Fund support in many states for 18 months after closing on its takeover of Alltel. Verizon collected “without filing with a number of state commissions an application to…
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be designated” as an eligible telecommunications carrier and without “consent to transfer ETC status,” attorneys for U.S. Cellular said in a meeting with Wireline Bureau officials, according to an ex parte letter. Considering that Verizon Wireless told the Universal Service Administrative Co. in late 2009 and early 2010 of its plans to integrate its billing systems and begin reporting its legacy lines, it was incumbent on Verizon Wireless to seek state authority to include those lines before it began doing so.” Instead, U.S. Cellular said, “Verizon Wireless began reporting legacy lines and receiving the associated support without seeking state authority, or even informing state commissions of its plans.” A Verizon Wireless spokesman didn’t respond to a request to comment.