AT&T Dismisses TURN Concern With Ceding Calif. ETC

Approving an AT&T application to relinquish its eligible telecom carrier designation won’t affect the carrier’s California LifeLine customers if the FCC ends federal Lifeline support for voice-only service, AT&T said Wednesday. The carrier responded to a concern raised by The Utility Reform Network at the California Public Utilities Commission in docket A.23-03-002.