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Mark Wigfield, (202) 418-0253
mark.wigfield@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
FCC ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF FIVE LIFELINE 
INVESTIGATIONS
  -- 
WASHINGTON, December 29, 2017—The Federal Communications Commission today 
announced it has settled its investigations of five providers that received improper payments 
from the FCC’s Lifeline program.
 
Noting that the companies have already repaid the program for improper payments, the FCC 
found that the public interest would be served by adopting the Consent Decrees, which resolve 
the Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeitures issued to the companies. As part of each 
settlement, the companies have agreed to make additional payments to the U.S. Treasury, and 
to implement compliance plans to ensure future adherence to program rules.
 
Lifeline is the FCC’s program that helps make communications services more affordable for 
low-income consumers by providing them with a $9.25 monthly discount. For more 
information about the FCC’s ongoing reforms to Lifeline, see
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-347792A1.docx.
 
Links to Consent Decrees:
Cintex: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-173A1.pdf
Easy Wireless: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-174A1.pdf
Global Connection: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-175A1.pdf
i-wireless: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-176A1.pdf
Telrite: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-177A1.pdf
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).