On December 29, 2011, the Commission amended its rules to define voice telephony as the supported service, eliminate support for toll limitation services and removed directory assistance and operator services, among other things, from the list of supported services. As a result of those amendments, many Lifeline only ETCs no longer met the facilities requirement. The Commission granted conditional blanket forbearance of the facilities requirement for Lifeline-only ETCs in the Lifeline Reform Order, and found that blanket forbearance of the facilities requirement for Lifeline-only ETCs was in the public interest, subject to carriers meeting certain public safety and compliance obligations. The Commission required that each carrier seeking to avail itself of the blanket facilities forbearance granted in the Lifeline Reform Order submit for approval by the Wireline Competition Bureau, a compliance plan outlining certain measures to prevent waste in the Lifeline fund. The following are a list of carriers with compliance plans pending with the Bureau:
Pending Lifeline Compliance Plans
- ABC Telcom, Inc.
- Absolute Home Phones, Inc.
- Aegis Telecom, Inc.
- Affordable Phone Services, Inc.
- Affordable Phone Services, Inc. d/b/a Affordable Wireless
- Airvoice Wireless, LLC
- American Connect Services, LLC
- AmeriMex Communications Corp.
- Assist Wireless, LLC
- Assurance Home Phone Services, Inc.
- Blue Jay Wireless, LLC
- Capital Communications Consultants, Inc.
- Cellspan Inc.
- Cintex Wireless, LLC
- ConnectTo World, Inc.
- Conexions, LLC
- CuraTel, LLC
- Easy Telephone Services Company
- EveryCall Communications, Inc.
- Express Cash and Phone, Inc.
- EZ Reach Mobile, LLC
- FedLink Wireless, LLC
- Four Star Marketing, LLC
- Free Mobile, Inc.
- Global Connection Inc. of America (Wireline)
- Gulf Coast Home Phone Service, Inc.
- Head Start Telecom, Inc.
- ICON Telecom, Inc.
- Illinois Telephone Corporation | Certification (English) | Certification (Spanish) | Application (English) | Application (Spanish)
- KAJEET INC.
- Linkup Telecom, Inc.
- Millennium 2000 Inc.
- NewPhone Wireless, L.L.C.
- New Talk, Inc.
- Nexus Communications, Inc.
- OneLink Wireless, LLC
- Pinnacle Telecommunications Group, LLC
- PlatinumTel Communications, LLC
- Safari Communications, Inc.
- T-Wire Corporation
- Talk N Text Wireless, LLC
- T C Telephone, L.L.C.
- Telrite Corporation
- Tele Circuit Network Corporation
- TelOps International, Inc.
- Telscape Communications, Inc.
- True Wireless, LLC
- Unity Telecom, LLC
- US Connect LLC
- You Talk Mobile, LLC
- YourTel America, Inc. | Exhibit 1 | Exhibit 2 | Exhibit 3 | Exhibit 4
Bureau-Approved Compliance Plans
- American Broadband & Telecommunications
- Birch Communications, Inc.
- Boomerang Wireless, LLC
- Budget PrePay, Inc.
- Consumer Cellular, Inc.
- Global Connection Inc. of America (Wireless)
- IM Telecom, LLC
- Q Link Wireless LLC
- TAG Mobile, LLC
- TerraCom, Inc. | Exhibit 1 | Exhibit 2 | Exhibit 3 | Exhibit 4
- Total Call Mobile, Inc. | Exhibit A-G
Pending ETC Petitions
- Airvoice Wireless, LLC
- Birch Communications, Inc.
- Blue Jay Wireless, LLC
- Boomerang Wireless, LLC
- Budget PrePay, Inc.
- Cintex Wireless, LLC | Part 2 | Part 3
- Conexions, LLC
- Consumer Cellular, Inc.
- EZ Reach Mobile, LLC
- Free Mobile, Inc
- Global Connection Inc. of America
- ICON Telecom, Inc.
- kajeet Inc.
- LINE UP, LLC
- Linkup Telecom, Inc.
- Nexus Communications, Inc.
- OneLink Wireless, Inc.
- PlatinumTel Communications, LLC
- Q Link Wireless LLC | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
- SI Wireless, LLC | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
- TAG Mobile, LLC
- Tele Circuit Network Corporation
- Telrite Corporation
- TerraCom, Inc.
- Total Call Mobile, Inc.
- True Wireless, LLC
- You Talk Mobile -- Federal, LLC
