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See Amended Petition of Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co., L.L. C. d/b/a Blue Wireless for Designation as a Low-Income Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, WC Docket No. 09-197 (filed Jan. 2, 2013) (Blue Wireless Petition); Petition of Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co., L.L. C. d/b/a Blue Wireless for Designation as a Low-Income Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in New York, Including Tribal Areas, WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 09-197 (filed Aug. 16, 2013); Supplement to Amended Petition of Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co. LLC d/b/a Blue Wireless for Designation as a Low-Income Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, WC Docket Nos. 09-197, 11-42 (filed Nov. 21, 2014) (Blue Wireless Supplement); Supplement to Amended Petition of Buffalo-Lake Erie Wireless Systems Co. LLC d/b/a Blue Wireless for Designation as a Low-Income Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, WC Docket Nos. 09-197, 11-42 (filed Nov. 26, 2014) (correcting an error in the list of wire centers provided in the Blue Wireless Supplement); Petition of SI Wireless, LLC for Limited Designation as a Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, WC Docket No. 09-197 (filed Jan. 2, 2013) (SI Wireless Petition); Petition of SI Wireless, LLC for Limited Designation as a Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, WC Docket No. 09-197 (filed Aug. 2, 2012) (collectively, Petitioners).
2 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 3 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(A), (B). 4 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2). 5 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(6). 6 See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas; Smith Bagley, Inc., Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority, Western Wireless Corporation, Wyoming, Cellco Partnership d/b/a/ Bell Atlantic Mobile, Inc., Petitions for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier and for Related Waivers to Provide Universal Service, CC Docket No. 96-45, Twelfth Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15 FCC Rcd at 12265-69, paras. 115-27 (2000) (Twelfth Report and Order), recon. sub nom. Promoting Deployment and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal and Insular Areas, CC Docket No. 96-45, Twenty-Fifth Order on Reconsideration, Report and Order, Order, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 18 FCC Rcd 10958, 10964, para. 11 n.28 (2003) (Tribal Recon. Order). 7 Twelfth Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd at 12265–69, paras. 115–27. 8 Id. at 12266–67, paras. 120–22. 9 Id. at 12265, para. 115. 10 See id. 11 See id. 12 See Procedures for FCC Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers Pursuant to Section 214(e)(6) of the Communications Act, Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd 22947, 22948-49, paras. 1-5 (1997) (Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice); but see Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, WC Docket Nos. 11-42 et al., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 27 FCC Rcd 6656, 6813, para. 368 (2012) (adopting a blanket forbearance of the facilities requirement of section 214(e)(1)(A) for non-facilities based carriers that seek limited ETC designation to participate in the Lifeline program) (Lifeline Reform Order). 13 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a). 14 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(6); 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(b); see also Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, CC Docket No. 95-45, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 6371, 6388-96, paras. 40-57 (2005) (ETC Designation Order); Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Virginia Cellular, LLC Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in Virginia, CC Docket No. 96-45, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 1563, 1575, para. 27 (2005); Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Highland Cellular, Inc. Petition for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for the Commonwealth of Virginia, CC Docket No. 96-45, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 6422, 6431–32, para. 21 (2004). The Commission places the burden on the ETC applicant to demonstrate that designation will serve the public interest. ETC Designation Order, 20 FCC Rcd at 6390, para. 44. 15 See Virgin Mobile ETC Designation Order in the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, WC Docket 09-197, Order, 25 FCC Rcd 17797, 17799, para.6 (2010). 16 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a)(1). 17 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.403(a)(2). 18 See Blue Wireless Petition at 4; Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment on Petitions for Designation as Low-Income Eligible Telecommunications Carriers by Sage Telecom, Blue Wireless, and iWireless, WC Docket No. 09-197, Public Notice, DA 13-1901 (rel. Sept. 16, 2013) (establishing a comment date of October 16, 2013, and a reply date of October 31, 2013); Revised Filing Deadlines Following Resumption of Normal Commission Operations, Public Notice, DA 13-2025 (rel. Oct. 17, 2013) (extending all comment deadlines between October 7-16, 2013, by 16 days, and reply dates by a corresponding period). No comments or reply comments were filed in response to the petition. 20 See id. at 5. 21 See SI Wireless Petition at 1; see also Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment on Petition for Designation as a Low-Income Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, WC Docket No. 09-197, Public Notice, DA 12-1327 (rel. Aug. 10, 2012). 22 See SI Wireless Petition at 3. 23 See id. at 8. 24 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(6); see also Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 22948, para. 1. 25 See Blue Wireless Petition at 2-4. Blue Wireless states that the its licensed service area includes the Allegany Indian Reservation and the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (Tribal Areas), which are federally designated Tribal lands under Lifeline rule and controlled by the Seneca Nation Tribe. See id. at 4. 26 See Blue Wireless Petition at 4, Exh. B. 27 See id. at 4; see also 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(6); 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(c). 28 See supra note 18. 29 See SI Wireless Petition at 5-6, Exh. A. 30 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(A); Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 22948, para. 2. 31 Specifically, petitioners certify that they provide voice telephony services, which include: (i) voice grade access to the public switched telephone network, (ii) local usage; (iii) access to emergency services; and (iv) toll limitation for qualifying Low-Income Consumers. See SI Petition at 9-11; see Blue Wireless Petition at 7-8 (noting that its typical service offerings do not distinguish between toll and non-toll calls). In the Lifeline Reform Order, the Commission adopted rules providing that toll limitation service is no longer necessary for any Lifeline service that does not distinguish between toll and non-toll calls in the pricing of service. See Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6679, para. 49; see also 47 C.F.R. § 54.401. 32 See Blue Wireless Petition at 7; SI Wireless Petition at 9-11. 33 See Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 22949; see also 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(A); Petition of TracFone Wireless, Inc. for Forbearance from 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(A) and 47 C.F.R. § 54.201(i), CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 15095 (2005) (TracFone Forbearance Order). 34 See Blue Wireless Petition at 8. 35 See SI Wireless Petition at 8-9. 36 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(1)(B); Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 22949, para. 4. 37 See Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6776-6780, paras. 274-77; 47 C.F.R. § 54.405. 38 See Blue Wireless Petition at 8; SI Wireless Petition at 11. 39 See Blue Wireless Petition at 9; SI Wireless Petition at 11. 40 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(1)(i); Blue Wireless Petition at 9-10; Blue Wireless Supplement at Att. 3; SI Wireless Petition at 12. 41 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(2). 42 See Blue Wireless Petition at 10. 43 See SI Wireless Petition at 12-14. 44 See id. 45 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(3). 46 See Blue Wireless Petition at 10; SI Wireless Petition at 14; CTIA, Consumer Code for Wireless Service, http://files.ctia.org/pdf/ConsumerCode.pdf (last visited Nov. 17, 2014). 47 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(4); see also Lifeline Reform Order, 27 FCC Rcd at 6818, para. 387. 48 See Blue Wireless Petition at 11. 49 See id. 50 See id. 51 See SI Wireless at 15. 52 See id. 53 See id. at 16. 54 See 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(a)(5). 55 See Blue Wireless Petition at 19. 56 See id. at 20. 57 See id. 58 See SI Wireless Petition at Exh. E. 59 Id. 60 Id. 61 See Section 214(e)(6) Public Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 22949, para. 5 (citing 47 C.F.R. § 1.2002(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 862). 62 See Blue Wireless Petition at 23; SI Wireless Petition at 25. 63 See 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(6); 47 C.F.R. § 54.202(b). 64 Blue Wireless Petition at 21-22. 65 Id. at 23. 66 Id. 67 Id. at 21-24. 68 SI Wireless Petition at 19-24. 69 Id. at 21. 70 Id. at 22. 71 See generally Lifeline Reform Order. 72 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 73 Petition of TracFone Wireless, Inc. for Forbearance from 47 UCS §214(e)(1)(A) and 47 CFR §54.201(i), CC Docket No. 96-45, Order, 20 FCC Rcd 15095, 15105, para. 26 (2005) (TracFone Forbearance Order). 74 47 U.S.C. §§ 220, 403. 75 See Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; Western Wireless Corp. Petition for Preemption of an Order of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, CC Docket No. 96-45, Declaratory Ruling, 15 FCC Rcd 15168, 15174, para. 15 (2000); see also 47 U.S.C. § 254(e). 76 See 47 U.S.C. § 503(b). 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