FCC Authorizes Resound Networks to Receive CAF Phase II Auction Support Transferred from Echo Wireless Broadband

On May 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission approved a transfer of a domestic section 214 authorization from Echo Wireless Broadband to Resound Networks. As a result of this approval, the Parties have received FCC consent to transfer certain assets of Echo—including Echo’s Connect America Fund Phase II auction (CAF Phase II) support and associated obligations to serve eligible areas in Texas and New Mexico—to Resound. As a condition of this authorization, Resound assumes sole responsibility for complying with universal service fund requirements and FCC rules, regardless of any preexisting or reasonably foreseeable conditions that could impact Resound’s ability to meet its obligations in the future, including any technical, marketplace, and on-the-ground conditions. In sum, the FCC now authorizes Resound to receive the support associated with the Assigned Census Blocks.