Request by Neil S. Ende in INBOX-1.41
The Wireline Competition Bureau terminated Torch Wireless, Inc.'s access to the National Verifier Application Programming Interface on October 9, 2026, citing alleged failures to fully cooperate with an Enforcement Bureau investigation into Lifeline program compliance. Torch Wireless contends that it submitted all requested documentation and offered to meet and confer, but the Bureau failed to respond to these offers or provide prior notice of the specific deficiencies before imposing the sanction. The company asserts that the termination relies on an unadjudicated Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and violates statutory requirements for notice and an opportunity to cure. Torch Wireless has filed an emergency request with the full Commission to stay the termination and restore API access, arguing that the loss of access halts new Lifeline enrollments and threatens the company's financial viability.
- Submission type
- REQUEST
- Filers
- Neil S. Ende
- Authors
- Silsa Cabezas
- Law firms
- Technology Law Group, LLC
- Proceedings
- INBOX-1.41 MISCELLANEOUS
- Submitted
- Nov 9, 2026, 5:35 PM ET
- Disseminated
- Nov 10, 2026, 11:00 AM ET