New Edge Networks asked for a waiver of the FCC’s universal servi...
New Edge Networks asked for a waiver of the FCC’s universal service contribution rules “to eliminate the effect of the first quarter 2003 projection errors in the annual true-up process.” New Edge said it had underestimated first quarter 2003…
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revenue and, without a waiver, as a result would pay a higher amount into the Universal Service Fund (USF) than warranted. AT&T, SBC and Verizon faced a similar problem and received a waiver, New Edge said. The problem stemmed from the FCC’s adoption of a new method of calculating service providers’ contributions to the USF. Although there’s a true-up process, “because the change became effective after the first quarter of 2003, carriers that under-projected the first quarter revenues… will pay more than the ‘appropriate amount’ unless the Commission changes the true-up process for the first quarter 2003 or grants a waiver,” New Edge said. CTIA recently made a similar request (CD Aug 20 p8).