Representatives of wireless companies that serve as eligible telecommunications carriers...
Representatives of wireless companies that serve as eligible telecommunications carriers in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands discussed “the unique challenges of serving insular areas” in a series of meetings this week at the…
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FCC. Challenges include “depressed economic conditions, remote location, severe weather conditions, and challenging geography, all of which contribute to high telecommunications costs and low telephone penetration rates,” the companies said in an ex parte filing. They urged the FCC to “give special consideration for insular areas -- and to ensure that sufficient support is available to address the challenges of serving those areas -- as it considers reforms to the Universal Service Fund and develops mechanisms implementing its broadband deployment objectives.” Companies represented at the meetings were DoCoMo Pacific, NTT DoCoMo, PR Wireless and Choice Communications. They met with Wireline Bureau staff and aides to Commissioners Michael Copps, Robert McDowell and Mignon Clyburn.