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Harper Government Takes Action to Support Canadian Families

Russell, Ontario, March 14, 2012—Today, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, announced that the Harper Government will be taking action to provide Canadian families with more choices at low prices for wireless services. "The Harper Government understands that Canadian families work hard for their money and that they want their government to make decisions that will help them keep more of ...

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Telecom and Broadband Services Industry Representatives Encourage FCC to Reject USTA’s ABC Plan

Washington, DC – Today, representatives of a cross-section of the telecommunications and broadband services industry joined in a letter encouraging Federal Communications Commissioners to advance a genuine industry consensus about the principles that should underlie pending reform of the High-Cost universal service support mechanism. Signatories agreed that the FCC should reject the so-called “ABC Plan” for ...

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Coming Soon: New USAC Improper Payment Program

This summer, USAC is launching the Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) Program, a key part of USAC’s commitment to preserving USF program integrity. The PQA Program will enable USAC to make accurate, timely calculations for rates of improper payments in all four USF programs, as required by the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA). USAC previously used audits for this purpose.  Click here to read fu ...

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