FCC Expands Use of OTARDs to Fixed Wireless Broadband-Only Providers
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) has released a Report and Order updating its rules regarding over-the-air-reception devices (OTARD). The new...
RUS Awards $86 Million in Rural Broadband Grants and Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has awarded $74.8 million in Telecommunications Loans and $11 million in Community Connect Grants to...
White Paper Explores USF Policy
As part of its continuing effort to begin the process of revising the nation’s communications laws, the U.S. House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce...
NECA Modifies Average Schedule Formula, Comments Due June 20
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has invited comments on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modifications to the mathematical formula used to...
FCC Seeks Comment on Reallocating Upper C-Band Spectrum
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on whether, and if so how, it should make more intensive use...
Citizens Broadband Radio Service On FCC April Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its April open meeting, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on April 17, 2015. The...
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...
2015 E-Rate Eligible Services List Now Available
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released the E-Rate program’s eligible services list (ESL) which shows the specific products and services that are...
FCC Finds Broadband Deployment Unsatisfactory Yet Again
Once again, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has found that broadband service is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely...
Incentive Auction Application Deadlines Set
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the Application Procedures for the 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction, currently scheduled to begin on March...
