Letter of Credit Relief Sought for CAF-II; Comments Due April 13
A coalition of 21 Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF-II) winners from Auction 903 has filed petitions with the FCC to retroactively...
Oppositions to USTelecom Petition for Reconsideration of Section 214 Declaratory Ruling Due January 23
On December 23, 2014, the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) filed a petition for reconsideration of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) November 2014 Declaratory...
Former BDAC Chair Arrested for Fraud
Elizabeth Pierce, a former chair of the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) and former CEO of Alaska subsea fiber cable provider Quintillion, reportedly...
FCC Proposes Fine Against Q Link for Improper EBB Program Disbursements
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing forfeitures of $62 million against Q Link Wireless LLC for...
Frontier CAF Phase I Change Prompts October 24 Notification Deadline
Frontier Communications Corp. (Frontier) has informed the FCC that it intends to modify its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round 2 incremental broadband deployment...
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...
Bureau Releases List of CAF Phase II Extremely High-Cost Census Blocks
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a list of census blocks in areas served by price cap incumbent local exchange carriers that have...
FCC Provides Guidance on Lifeline Reimbursement Payment Process
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has provided guidance regarding the revised Lifeline reimbursement process for eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs). The revised Lifeline reimbursement process aligns with...
Excess High-Cost Cash Not to Be Counted for 2018 Contribution Factor
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has directed the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) not to consider any excess 2017 high-cost Universal Service Fund...
Court Rules in Favor of FCC in Open Internet Battle
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) denied the legal challenges of the FCC’s...
