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’s Broadband Data Taskforce Announces Opening of BDC Filing Window and Fabric Challenge Deadline
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force has released a Public Notice announcing the opening of the eighth Broadband Dara Collection (BDC) filing...
FCC Updates Broadband Serviceable Locations for RDOF, PR Fund, and Connect USVI Fund
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has announced updates to its required locations lists for the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric. For the...
AI Executive Order Impacting BEAD Non-Deployment Funding Signed
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order (EO) that directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to potentially curtail non-deployment...
NTIA Approves Final BEAD Proposals from Texas, West Virginia
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program proposals from Texas and West...
FCC Adopts FNPRM to Simplify Broadband Nutrition Labels
The FCC has adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to eliminate several broadband label rules that it adopted in 2022....
NTIA Administrator Roth Details Agency’s Spectrum Plans
At the NTIA’s annual spectrum policy symposium, NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth outlined a plan to exceed the legislative mandate of identifying 500...
FCC Closes Investigation into EchoStar
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has issued a letter to EchoStar announcing that the Commission has officially concluded its investigation into EchoStar’s compliance...
FCC Releases NOI Seeking Comment on State of Broadband Availability
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on the state of broadband availability, as part of...
Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s USF Authority
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and affirmed the Federal...
