TeleGuam Petitions FCC on Lingering Typhoon Mawar Damage

TeleGuam Holdings asked the FCC to approve its requests for "an eight-month advancement of frozen high-cost support," one-year waiver of the Connect America Fund broadband loop support cap on recoverable operating expenses, and a four-month extension of "eligibility and permissible use" of Lifeline and the affordable connectivity program support for qualifying subscribers. The company said in a letter posted Monday in docket 10-90 that Super Typhoon Mawar caused "unprecedented and devastating damage" to its network in May (see 2307200046). The damage "produced considerable and unforeseen costs," TeleGuam said.