The Oklahoma Corporation Commission wants a third-party administrator of...
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission wants a third-party administrator of its state universal service fund by July. The regulator issued a request for proposals (http://bit.ly/194H3kl) with a deadline of June 7, looking for either an individual or organization to manage the…
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fund and serve as what it calls the fund’s “financial hub.” The manager “is responsible for collecting pro rata contributions based on telecommunications service providers’ intrastate end-user telecommunications retail revenues, at a rate set by the OCC, and depositing these revenues into the OUSF,” said the RFP. “The Manager will also distribute money from the OUSF on the first of each month to telecommunications carriers certificated [sic] in the State of Oklahoma.” The manager won’t be able to advocate telecom positions unrelated to USF before the commission, the RFP said. The contract will last a year, with options for four one-year extensions.