Federal Communications Commission DA 26-732 DA 26-732 Released: July 15, 2026 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU REAUTHORIZES ENHANCED ALTERNATIVE CONNECT AMERICA MODEL SUPPORT FOR GUNNISON TELEPHONE COMPANY WC Docket No. 10-90 The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) reauthorizes and re-obligates Enhanced Alternative Connect America Model (Enhanced A-CAM) support for Gunnison Telephone Company (Gunnison) Utah Study Area Code 502279 (transferring SAC). Wireline Competition Bureau Authorizes 368 Companies in 44 States to Receive Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model Support to Expand Rural Broadband, WC Docket No. 10-90, Public Notice, 39 FCC Rcd 11737 (WCB 2023); Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Final Eligible Locations File and Support Amounts for Enhanced Alternative Connect America Model Mechanism, WC Docket No. 10-90, 40 FCC Rcd 10280 (WCB 2025); Authorization Report 1.3 (Dec. 30, 2025), https://www.fcc.gov/document/updated-final-eligible-locations-and-support-amounts-e-acam-0. Pursuant to this reauthorization, the amount of Enhanced A-CAM support authorized for this study area is revised to $6,712,527 over the 15-year support term (a reduction of $1,191,303 from the original authorized amount of $7,903,830). The Bureau also reduces the number of obligated units for this study area from 702 to 363 and the number of required units from 369 to 271. The adjusted deployment milestone obligations for this SAC are modified as follows: 1) adjusted 50% milestone, 135, and 2) adjusted 75% milestone, 203. “Required locations” are locations within the carrier’s study area that were, according to BDC availability data as of December 31, 2023, without 100/20 Mbps or faster service or an enforceable commitment to deploy such service, to which the Enhanced A-CAM-electing carrier must deploy 100/20 Mbps or faster service by the end of 2028, while obligated units include both required unserved locations and carrier-served locations where 100/20 Mbps service must be maintained. See https://www.fcc.gov/wireline-competition/interim-required-locations. Connect America Fund; ETC Annual Reports and Certifications; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible to Receive Universal Service Support; Connect America fund – Alaska Plan; Expanding Broadband Service Through the ACAM Program, WC Docket Nos. 10-90, 14-58, 09-197, and 16-271; RM-1168, Report and Order, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry, 38 FCC Rcd 7040,7062, para. 48 (2023) (providing that carriers electing to receive Enhanced A-CAM support are required to complete deployment to 50% of their required locations by December 31, 2026, to 75% of their required locations by December 31, 2027, and to all required locations by December 31, 2028) (Enhanced A-CAM Report and Order). The Bureau takes this action in connection with the Bureau’s approval, pursuant to section 214(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and section 63.04 of the Commission’s rules, See 47 U.S.C. § 214(a); 47 CFR § 63.04. of a request for Commission consent for the transfer of control of Gunnison to Lynch Telephone Corporation X (Lynch X) as of May 28, 2026, See Domestic Section 214 Application Granted for the Transfer of Control of Gunnison Telephone Company to Lynch Telephone Corporation X, WC Docket No. 25-348, Public Notice, DA 26-531 (WCB May 28, 2026) (Transfer Public Notice). and the consummation of this transaction as of July 1, 2026. See Letter from Elizabeth R. Park, Counsel to Lynch Telephone Corporation X, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 25-348 (filed July 6, 2026). LICT Corporation, as the indirect parent of Lynch X and as of consummation of the transaction approved in the Transfer Public Notice, Gunnison, is the holding company for several Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers in Utah receiving Enhanced A-CAM support, and is thus authorized to receive the support associated with the transferring SAC; LICT Corporation, Provider ID 160127, has been receiving Enhanced A-CAM support in Utah for the following three study areas, SAC 503032 (Bear Lake Communications), 502283 (Skyline Telecom), and 502277 (Central Utah Telephone Inc). Enhanced A-CAM Authorization Report 1.3; Enhanced A-CAM Report and Order 38 FCC Rcd at 7081, para. 98 (explaining that Enhanced A-CAM elections are to be made on a state-by-state basis, resulting in the aggregation of all single Enhanced A-CAM offers to individual ILECs under a holding company). As part of this approval, and consistent with the acknowledgements and commitments to good stewardship of High Cost Universal Service Fund support made by parties to this transaction, Transfer Public Notice at 2-3. the Bureau modifies the transferring SAC’s support and obligations to remove, on a pro rata basis, eligibility for all Enhanced A-CAM support for Broadband Serviceable Locations where one or more affiliates of Lynch X already serve with fixed broadband service at speeds that meet or exceed the 100/20 Mbps service in SAC 502279. See id. at 3. We further modify the transferring SAC’s deployment obligations to remove the overlapped Broadband Serviceable Locations from Gunnison’s list of obligated locations. The Bureau releases with this public notice a supplemental Reauthorization Report. See Reauthorization Report (July 9, 2026), https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-423104A1.xlsx. The Bureau will also periodically release revised Authorization Reports that incorporate all required changes associated with reauthorizations of Enhanced A-CAM support, including the support so reauthorized by this public notice. Gunnison, under the control of Lynch X, shall remain continuously subject to all High Cost program-related and eligible telecommunications carrier related obligations for all remaining obligated and required locations, including all administrative, performance, and deployment obligations, and any potential consequences for noncompliance with such requirements. The Bureau authorizes and directs USAC to re-obligate Gunnison to the revised support amount and to amortize the support reduction across each remaining monthly disbursement of support through December 31, 2038, as reflected in the supplemental Authorization Report. For additional information on this proceeding, contact Nathan Eagan (Nathan.Eagan@fcc.gov) or Nissa Laughner (Nissa.Laughner@fcc.gov) of the Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, (202) 418-7400. - FCC - 2