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...
FCC Seeks Comment on Alaska Connect Fund Eligible-Areas Map
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has released a Public Notice seeking comment on the recently published version 1.2 of the Eligible-Areas Map...
FCC Releases Small Entity Compliance Guide for Pole Attachments
The FCC released a Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist small businesses, providers, and other entities with understanding and complying with the...
FCC Seeks Comment on Revisions to CAF-II Data Collections
The FCC seeks comment on its proposals to (1) remove information collection requirements related to the Eligible Locations Adjustment Process (ELAP) for...
NTIA Delays Guidance on BEAD Nondeployment Funds
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has delayed releasing guidance regarding the use of approximately $21 billion in remaining "non-deployment" funds...
