FCC Waives ACP Outreach Grant Eligibility Rule for Virgin Islands Next Generation Network

The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau denied Virgin Islands Next Generation Network's (VINGN) petition for reconsideration of its final eligibility determination for the affordable connectivity outreach grant program because it met the definition of a "contractor" of a broadband provider, per a letter posted Monday in docket 21-450 (see 2304060064). VINGN also sought a waiver of the eligibility rule, saying it's an "instrumentality of the government of the USVI, a public corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority." The bureau granted the waiver request, awarding VINGN $250,000.