Mich. PSC Grants Dish Wireless ETC Application

Dish Wireless may provide Lifeline service in Michigan, state commissioners decided Thursday. The Michigan Public Service Commission voted 3-0 to grant Dish’s application for eligible telecom carrier (ETC) designation (case U-21382). “The Commission is persuaded that ETC designation for DISH promotes the availability of universal service and is in the public interest,” said the order. Also Thursday, the commission unanimously supported granting permanent licenses to Altafiber (case No. U-21449) and EarthGrid (case U-21417) to provide basic local exchange service statewide in areas served by AT&T and Frontier Communications. The PSC granted those companies temporary licenses last July.