FCC Staff List Some Wavelength RDOF Bids in Default; Denies LTD Petition

The FCC Wireline Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics identified five Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction bids by Wavelength in default Tuesday. An order said Wavelength's bids are in default and subject to forfeiture because the provider "has been unable to obtain an [eligible telecom carrier] designation covering its winning bid areas in California" in order to be authorized for support. The bureaus also dismissed as moot LTD Broadband's request to waive the deadline to submit documentation of ETC designation in South Dakota. The order cited the FCC's denial of LTD's long-form application and said the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission's denial of the company's ETC application "makes LTD’s petition for waiver moot" (see 2210110054).