July 13, 2017 
 
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Mobility Fund II Challenge Process 
Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order, WT Docket No. 10-208 
 
Background: In February, the Commission adopted the Mobility Fund II Report & Order to provide funding for 
4G LTE mobile broadband services in unserved areas of the country.  The Commission now is advancing 
implementation of Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) by adopting a robust and streamlined challenge process that 
will efficiently resolve disputes about areas deemed presumptively ineligible for MF-II support.  The challenge 
process will ensure that the Commission directs MF-II support to primarily rural areas that lack unsubsidized, 
qualified 4G LTE service.  It will also enable the Commission to resolve eligible area disputes expeditiously.   
What the Order on Reconsideration Would Do: 
? Reconsider the decision to use Form 477 data as the basis for determining qualifying 4G LTE deployment 
for the initial map of areas presumptively eligible for MF-II funding.  Instead, the Order would undertake 
a new, one-time collection of more specific and current data on the deployment of 4G LTE. 
? Affirm the decision to use 5 Mbps download as the speed benchmark for areas eligible for MF-II support. 
? Affirm the Commission’s decisions on whether to consider incompatible technologies and collocation in 
determining eligible areas and reject consideration of the other factors offered by petitioners.  
What the Second Report and Order Would Do: 
 
? Adopt a new data collection to ensure standardized and reliable coverage data. 
? Adopt a robust and streamlined challenge process with challenges and responses to be submitted via an 
online USAC challenge portal and validated through an automated process.  
? Deem government entities and all service providers required to file Form 477 eligible to participate in the 
MF-II challenge process.   
? Establish other key elements of the challenge process, including: 
o Providing challenged parties the opportunity to submit additional data in response to a challenge. 
o Permitting only challenges to areas initially deemed ineligible for support. 
o Adjudicating challenges under a preponderance of the evidence standard.