Company: UZF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000821130-25-000023
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Company: ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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, higher operating expenses or other changes. Court decisions and rulemakings could have a substantial impact on UScellular’s operations, including rulemakings on broadband access to the internet, intercarrier access compensation, state and federal support funding and court decisions regarding the FCC's universal service fund program or, more broadly, the scope of authority of the federal agencies that regulate UScellular. Litigation and different objectives among federal and state regulators could create uncertainty and delay UScellular’s ability to respond to new regulations. Further, wireless spectrum licenses are subject to renewal by the FCC and could be revoked in the event of a violation of applicable laws or regulatory requirements. Also, the FCC recently renewed its decision to regulate Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS), including reclassifying BIAS as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act and mobile BIAS as a commercial mobile radio service. However, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s Order, halting implementation. Some state legislators and regulators are seeking to or have already enacted state net neutrality laws and regulations, and it is unclear whether more states will seek to do so. Interpretation and application of these rules and of rules relating to other recent NPRMs issued by the FCC (for example, with respect to digital discrimination), including conflicts between federal and state laws, may result in additional costs for compliance and may limit opportunities to derive profits from certain business practices or resources.

UScellular attempts to timely and fully comply with all regulatory requirements. However, UScellular is unable to predict the future actions of the various legislative and regulatory bodies that govern UScellular, and such actions could have adverse effects on UScellular’s business.

21)UScellular receives significant regulatory support, and is also subject to numerous surcharges and fees from federal, state and local governments – the applicability and the amount of the support and fees are subject to uncertainty, including the ability to pass through certain fees to customers, and this uncertainty could have an adverse effect on UScellular’s business, financial condition or results of operations. 

Telecommunications companies may be designated by states, or in some cases by the FCC, as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) to receive universal service support payments if they provide specified services in “high-cost” areas. UScellular has been designated as an ETC in certain states and received $92 million in high-cost support for service to high-cost areas in 2024. While there is uncertainty, UScellular expects regulatory support payments to