PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 18-387
Released:  April 18, 2018
 MOBILITY FUND II CHALLENGE PROCESS 
WEBINAR FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Webinar will be held at 2:00 pm EDT on May 3, 2018
By this Public Notice, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), through its Office 
of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA), and the Rural Broadband Auction Task Force (RBATF) announce an 
upcoming webinar on the process for challenging the identification of areas initially deemed ineligible for 
universal service funding through the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) reverse auction.  
Last year, the FCC adopted rules governing the MF-II reverse auction to award universal service 
support for mobile wireless carriers.
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  The Commission established a budget of $4.53 billion over ten 
years to provide ongoing support for the provision of service in areas that, absent subsidies, lack adequate 
mobile voice and broadband coverage.  Geographic areas lacking unsubsidized, qualified 4G LTE service 
have been initially deemed “eligible areas” for MF-II support; those with such service have been deemed 
initially “ineligible.”  
On February 27, 2018, the FCC released a map showing areas across the United States initially 
deemed eligible to receive support for the deployment of 4G LTE service.
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  This map was based on the 
coverage maps provided by mobile carriers, but if state or local government officials believe the map is 
incorrect, they now have an opportunity to provide input to help correct the map.  The process for 
submission of evidence to correct the map is called the “challenge process.”  
Also on February 27, 2018, the Commission announced the procedures for the challenge process 
in which governmental entities and other interested parties will have an opportunity to challenge an initial 
determination that an area is ineligible for MF-II support.
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  The window for submitting a challenge 
opened on March 29, 2018, and will remain open until August 27, 2018.
On April 10, 2018, the Commission made available a map of areas initially deemed ineligible for 
MF-II support due to qualifying, unsubsidized coverage reported by one mobile carrier.
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  This map will 
1
 Connect America Fund; Universal Service Reform – Mobility Fund, Order on Reconsideration and Second Report 
and Order, 32 FCC Rcd 6282 (2017); Connect America Fund; Universal Service Reform – Mobility Fund II, Report 
and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 32 FCC Rcd 2152 (2017).  
2
 Mobility Fund Phase II Initial Eligible Areas Map, Public Notice, DA 18-187 (WTB/WCB Feb. 27, 2018).
3
 Procedures for the Mobility Fund Phase II Challenge Process, Public Notice, DA 18-186 (WTB/WCB Feb. 27, 
2018).
4
 Mobility Fund Phase II One Provider Map, Public Notice, DA 18-353 (WTB/WCB Apr. 10, 2018).  This map was 
added as an additional layer to the existing Initial Eligible Areas map, available on the FCC’s website at 
https://www.fcc.gov/maps/mobility-fund-ii-initial-eligible-areas-map/.
2help ensure a timely and effective MF-II challenge process as the map informs challengers of those areas 
for which they will need to test the coverage of only one unsubsidized mobile carrier. 
This free webinar will focus on the issues that affect state and local government offices and 
agencies and will explain the MF-II reverse auction, how to determine if a particularly locality has been 
identified as initially deemed ineligible for support and how to challenge that determination and seek 
inclusion of the locality among the areas identified as eligible for support.  It will be held at 2:00 pm 
EDT, May 3, 2018, and will give participants an opportunity to ask questions to Commission staff.  
The webinar will be available via WebEx.  To register, click here.  On the event information page 
click on the registration link, provide the required information, and then click on “Submit” to complete 
your registration.  Once registered you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the 
event, the password, and the link for the meeting.
Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Send an 
email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 
(voice) or 202-418-0432 (TTY).  Please include a description of the accommodation you will need and 
tell us how to contact you. Requests for special accommodation should be made as early as possible. Last 
minute requests will be accepted but may be impossible to fill.
For additional information about the webinar, please contact Barbara Britt at 
Barbara.Britt@fcc.gov or (202) 418-0323.
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