FCC Takes Additional Action to Facilitate Wireless Infrastructure Deployment for 5G
In a contentious proceeding, the FCC has adopted an action intended to remove regulatory impediments to small cell deployment at the state and local level....
7th Year of Model-Based CAF-II Support Announced for Price Cap Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that all eligible price cap carriers currently receiving model-based Connect America Fund Phase II...
Census Blocks Eligible for Rural Broadband Experiments Announced
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has released a list of census blocks that are eligible for rural broadband experiment support and their associated support...
Tribal Opex Relief Extended to More Carriers
The FCC has issued an order reconsidering its March 2018 order that provided relief for certain carriers operating on Tribal lands from Connect America...
Department of Commerce Grants $1.2 Million for Tribal Internet Access Expansion
In order to provide Americans with access to affordable, reliable, and high-speed internet, the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program provides grants to eligible...
FCC Form 477 Data to Be Released in Anticipation of Mobility Fund Phase II;...
Following the FCC’s release of its Mobility Fund Phase II (MF2) Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and area eligibility criteria...
T-Mobile Pays $40 Million to Settle Investigation of Rural Call Completion Violations
The FCC has entered into a consent decree with T-Mobile USA, Inc., to resolve an investigation into whether T-Mobile violated the Communications Act and...
CAF Phase II Technical Guide Details Proposed Bid Procedures for Auction 903
A Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Technical Guide has been released by the FCC’s Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau and...
Second Circuit Reinstates New York Affordable Broadband Act
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reinstated the Affordable Broadband Act (ABA), a New York law that requires...
High-Cost USF Support Not for High Living, Reminds FCC
The FCC released a public notice reminding all eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) receiving high-cost Universal Service Fund (USF) support that such support may be...
