FCC Asks DC Circuit to Reject NaLA’s MSS Case

Reject the National Lifeline Association's writ of mandamus, the FCC urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Thursday regarding Lifeline minimum service standards in case No. 20-1460, saying the agency has "repeatedly responded to concerns that the formula it established in 2016 for calculating the minimum standards for Lifeline-funded mobile broadband services could threaten the affordability of those services" (see 2011300069). NaLA sought to block the commission from raising the standards and claimed the FCC failed to take meaningful action.