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   Nation's largest wireless carrier told FCC it would keep backing subsidized   
   Lifeline service for three years   
      
   By Drew Fitzgerald   
      
   Verizon Communications Inc. told federal regulators it would keep   
   supporting low-cost wireless service for three years if it is allowed   
   to buy TracFone, a sign of deepening negotiations in the carrier's   
   effort to control a giant in prepaid cellphone plans.   
      
   "We're very comfortable to make that commitment to &elip; continued   
   participation in Lifeline for the next three years in any geography   
   where TracFone provides Lifeline services today," Ronan Dunne,   
   Verizon's chief of consumer services, said in an interview   
   Thursday. The carrier will also provide ultrafast fifth-generation, or   
   5G, service to Lifeline customers within six months of the deal's   
   closing, he added.   
      
   https://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-offers-low-cost-service-com   
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