GCI Pays Small Fee to Settle with FCC Over Submarine Cable License Lapse

GCI Pays Fee to Settle FCC Submarine Cable License Lapse - SubTel Forum

GCI Pays Small Fee to Settle With FCC Over Submarine Cable License Lapse By Patricia Blume, Broadband Breakfast August 14, 2025 WASHINGTON, August 14, 2025 – GCI, an Alaska-based telecommunications company under CEO and co-founder Ronald Duncan, has agreed to pay a $10,000 settlement to the Federal Communications Commission to close the agency’s investigation into its failure to renew a submarine cable license. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau launc…

GCI Pays Small Fee to Settle with FCC Over Submarine Cable License Lapse

WASHINGTON, August 14, 2025 – GCI, an Alaska-based telecommunications company under CEO and co-founder Ronald Duncan, has agreed to pay a $10,000 settlement to the Federal Communications Commission to close the agency’s investigation into its failure to renew a submarine cable license. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau launched the probe after discovering GCI may have violated Section 34 of the 1921 Cable Landing License Act and Section 1.767 of the …