WB Grants Limited Waiver for ACAM I Performance Testing Requirements

The FCC Wireline Bureau granted a limited waiver of performance testing requirements for recipients of alternative connect America cost model I (A-CAM) support, said an order in Monday's Daily Digest. A-CAM recipients will be required to pretest 70% of Universal Service Administrative Co.-selected samples during each quarter in 2021. The order was "very welcome news for smaller companies" that are still figuring out how to do pretesting for performance requirements in Q1 2021, said Mike Romano, NTCA senior vice president-industry affairs and business development. NTCA backed the waiver, noting in an ex parte letter last week that nearly 90% of its members indicated delays in the supply chain.