TruConnect Gets ETC Certification In Iowa in Four Months
The company’s affiliate has been waiting 11 years for the same approval from the FCC.
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The company’s affiliate has been waiting 11 years for the same approval from the FCC.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2024 – Iowa certified TruConnect, a mobile provider offering subsidized service on Verizon and T-Mobile infrastructure, to participate in a Federal Communications Commission affordability program in the state after nearly four months. The company’s partner has been waiting on the same certification at the federal level for 11 years.
Some states, like Iowa, have their own process for greenlighting “eligible telecommunications carriers,” and the FCC handles the certification for states without their own rules. Carriers need ETC certification before receiving subsidies from the FCC’s $8.1 billion Universal Service Fund.
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