FCC Seeks Comment on Shot Clock for Permitting Requests
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to streamline wireline buildouts, proposing new rules to prevent state and local statutes,...
Comment Deadlines Set for Rulemaking to Streamline the BDC Process
Comments are due on or before July 24, 2026 and reply comments are due on or before August 24, 2026 in response...
NTIA Announces Two New Tribal Lands Broadband Funding Opportunities
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced two new notices of funding opportunity (NOFO) to expand broadband connectivity on Tribal...
FCC Submits 8th Rip and Replace Report to Congress
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau submitted its Eighth Report to Congress on the implementation of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement...
FCC Streamlines BDC Processes
The FCC adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) aimed at streamlining the Broadband Data Collection (BDC)...
FCC Proposes Overhaul of High-Cost Support Mechanisms
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on how it can modernize or replace certain existing...
Rural Broadband Protection Act Signed into Law
The president has signed the Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025 (S-98) into law. This law requires the FCC to establish a...
Dish Settles with DOJ to Settle Claims of Fraud in Broadband Programs
EchoStar’s Dish Wireless has agreed to pay $17.3 million to settle fraud allegations about signing up ineligible applicants in the FCC’s Emergency...
Court Vacates FCC’s 2023 Digital Discrimination Order
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) 2023 Digital Discrimination Order, holding that...
FCC Announces Effective Date for Pole Attachment Rules
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau released a Public Notice announcing May 7, 2026, as the effective date of new Pole Attachment...
