FCC Authorizes The Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation To Receive Over $2.5 Million and Hawaiian Telcom Inc. to Receive Over $4 Million In Connect America Phase II Support

The Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission authorizes the Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) to receive Connect America Phase II model-baed support for the Northern Mariana Islands and authorizes Hawaiian Telecom Inc. (Hawaiian Telecom) to receive Connect America Phase II model-based support of the state of Hawaii. Accordingly, we authorize and direct the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to obligate and disburse from the Universal Service Fund the Phase II support amounts identified below of MTC and Hawaiian Telecom.

As required by the FCC, consistent with MTC and Hawaiian Telecom's election, we direct USAC to disburse to each carrier form the broadband reserve account a lump sum payment associated with January through July 2015 because the Phase II model-based support for the areas where they are accepting support is greater than their Phase I support.