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USAC Updates Lifeline National Verifier Plan; Initial 'Hard Launch' Expected This Year

Universal Service Administrative Co. issued an updated Lifeline national verifier plan Wednesday, its third overall and first since six states kicked off a "soft launch" to verify consumer eligibility (see 1806180054). Lifeline-supported service providers in Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico,…

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Utah and Wyoming have "access, but are not required, to use the NV system" for now, said the 80-slide plan posted in FCC docket 11-42 Wednesday. It said a "hard launch" requiring providers to use the system in those states is expected "later this year," followed by rollouts of other groups of states and territories.