T-Mobile Seeks Money Q-Link Wireless Owes It
T-Mobile asked that the FCC direct the Universal Service Administrative Co. to make Q-Link Wireless reimburse it for money it owes for using the T-Mobile network. Q-Link Wireless CEO Issa Asad faces prison time and a fine of more than…
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$100 million after pleading guilty to fraud tied to the FCC’s Lifeline program (see 2410160029). Q-Link is required to provide restitution to the commission for Lifeline fraud, but there is no provision to compensate T-Mobile for unpaid bills, said a filing posted Friday in docket 09-197. “Q LINK has been able to retain over $500 million of USF support without fully compensating T-Mobile for the services it provided to Q LINK and indirectly to consumers,” the carrier said. “Re-directing the funds to T-Mobile would simply allow it to receive the Federal benefits for the service that it ultimately provided during the term of its agreement with Q LINK and for the services that it continues to provide to Q LINK’s Lifeline program customers,” T-Mobile said.