Luminys expressed disappointment and asked for additional time to address the FCC’s finding that the company was selling equipment from Dahua, which is on the FCC’s “covered list” of providers of unsecure gear (see 2502140040). Foxlink announced its acquisition of Dahua Technology USA last month. “As it has repeatedly explained to the Commission, both Luminys and its majority shareholder Foxlink, which are wholly owned and managed by Taiwanese individuals, have no prior or current corporate relationship” with China’s Zhejiang Dahua Technology “or any Dahua-affiliated entities,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 25-85. “Nor do they have any intention of establishing such a relationship in the future.” Luminys and Foxlink “take pride in maintaining a robust, diverse, and transparent supply chain that does not include any involvement by Covered List companies,” the filing said. Luminys asked for an additional 14 days, until March 10, to respond to the commission’s Feb. 13 show cause order.

WTA members are concerned about the uncertainty stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court review of FCC v. Consumers' Research, a case that could invalidate how the USF program is funded (see 2501090045), as well as the future of the enhanced alternative connect America cost model program, representatives from the group said in a meeting with aides to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. WTA members also “raised the need for addressing both USF contribution and distribution reform,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 10-90. “The current contribution factor is above 36% and is unsustainable, and therefore the Commission should look to assess [broadband internet access service] providers and work with Congress to have edge providers and others who should be contributing to USF do so in order to bring the contribution factor down and be spread equitably among all users.” The WTA members also reported on meetings with aides to Commissioners Nathan Simington and Anna Gomez.

Aventiv Technologies CEO Dave Abel and other executives from the company and subsidiary Securus met with aides to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioner Nathan Simington on the FCC’s 2024 incarcerated people’s communication services (IPCS) order. Securus opposes part of the order, which it’s challenging in federal court (see 2502140049). The executives discussed “pending petitions for reconsideration, various appeals of the 2024 IPCS Order and related ongoing proceedings,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 12-375. “We also discussed the effect of the … Order on the state of the IPCS marketplace and our expectations.”

Frontier notified the FCC of changes in its business as the agency considers Verizon’s proposed buy of the company in a $20 billion all-cash deal announced in September (see 2409050010). Assets of Frontier Florida were transferred to Frontier Tampa Bay, the company said in a filing posted Friday in docket 24-445. Frontier called the change an “internal reorganization” that won’t “result in a major change to the transaction.”

The Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations is seeking comment on whether jurisdictional separations of telecom costs and revenue for rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers are still needed, said a public notice Friday. The notice also seeks comment on whether the rules should be reformed “when the industry is naturally transitioning away from legacy technologies and cost-based ratemaking” and whether there should be a permanent freeze of the separations rules "while considering the future course” of them. The FCC referred the issue to the Joint Board in a November order extending the current temporary freeze for up to six years (see 2411130043). Comments will be due 30 days after the item is published in the Federal Register.

Former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said Wednesday that he expects the White House to focus on getting Americans broadband connections and that as chair, he would have handled the rural digital opportunity fund (RDOF) differently if he had known the BEAD program would follow it.

The FCC Wireline Bureau on Monday approved vCom's application to sell its operations, including FCC licenses, to AppSmart. The bureau noted that it sought comment last month (see 2501100041), and none were filed. “Applicants claim that the public interest benefits associated with the transaction include providing Licensees with access to Transferee’s and its affiliates’ financial and operational expertise and their larger client base, and permitting Licensees to continue to provide robust communications solutions to their customers and to better compete in the U.S. communications marketplace,” said the notice in docket 24-657. “We find that grant of the Application will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity.”

Fixing copper cable vandalism damage at a wire center in suburban Seattle-Tacoma will take more time, CenturyLink told the FCC Friday (docket 24-293). It sought 60 additional days for its requested emergency impairment of service given repeated vandalism. It said it needs to evaluate whether to restore the cable, find a cable placement alternative or discontinue the impacted service.

AT&T sought additional time to complete restoration work in parts of California damaged by last summer’s Park Fire. It asked to have until April 19. In addition, the carrier requested that the FCC continue the suspension of its interstate telecommunications services in a “small” part of the state. “AT&T continues to diligently work to restore service, but due to the scale of the damage to AT&T’s facilities, the remote nature of the affected locations, and delays related to winter weather, portions of AT&T’s network remain out of service,” said a filing last week in docket 24-331. AT&T initially filed for a suspension of service in September.

Members of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (ACAM) Broadband Coalition raised concerns about the latest FCC thinking on ACAM support in a call with FCC Wireline Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics staff. They “discussed the support adjustment methodology contemplated by Commission staff and the Coalition’s position that the methodology under consideration could lead to inaccurate and insufficient support levels,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 10-90. The coalition “maintains that the most accurate and equitable method to recalculate support is to rerun the cost model to reflect the network required to serve the final location counts,” the filing said.