Oklahoma Regulators, Hughes Object to Redwire, Viasat ETC Requests
Redwire and Viasat drew resistance to their requests for FCC designation as eligible telecom carriers after making winning bids in the Connect America Fund Phase II auction. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission disputed Redwire's assertion the FCC could grant the tribal…
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entity ETC status because it wasn't subject to Oklahoma regulatory jurisdiction (see 1902210025). The FCC should find Redwire "has not met its burden of proof and decline to take jurisdiction," filed the OCC's Public Utility Division, posted Wednesday in docket 09-197. Instead, it said the FCC should direct Redwire to supplement its ETC application to the OCC to include areas in its FCC application. Hughes Network Systems opposed Viasat's ETC application for four states. "Viasat has not demonstrated that it is capable of meeting the CAF-II service standards for high-latency bidders," Hughes filed. "Viasat may be hoping that the Commission will modify the CAF-II performance standards so that it can meet them, but this is not a sufficient basis for Viasat to make the required certification."