WTA Discusses Lifeline RAD Petition with Wireline Competition Bureau

On February 19th, WTA met with Wireline Competition Bureau staff to discuss its recently filed Petition for Reconsideration that requested the Commission reconsider placing the same Universal Service Administrative Company Lifeline Representative Accountability Database  registration requirements on Lifeline enrollment representatives directly employed by facilities-based eligible telecommunications carriers as the sales agents and enrollment representatives employed by wireless resellers with Lifeline-only ETC designations. Specifically, WTA asserted that there is a lack of a documented history of Lifeline waste, fraud, and abuse committed by enrollment representatives directly employed by facilities-based ETCs that would warrant using the same requirements for both groups.