FCC Extends 3.65 GHz CBRS Transition Deadline
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has extended until October 17, 2020, the transition deadline for those Part 90 licensees, both grandfathered...
FCC Forms New Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
The FCC announced the formation of a new federal advisory committee, the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), and seeks nominations for a Chairperson and...
FCC Proposes Emergency Alert System Changes
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a Public Notice seeking comment on several proposed changes to the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The Notice...
SVB Collapse Prompts LOC Waiver Relief for RDOF Awardee
East Central Vermont Telecommunications District (ECFiber) has been granted a six-month waiver of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rules by...
Comments on Dormant Proceedings Due June 1
Comments on the FCC's latest public notice on dormant proceedings pending termination will be due on June 1, 2016 with reply comments due 15...
FCC Adopts Enhanced ACP Broadband Benefit for High-Cost Areas
The FCC has adopted an Order that will provide up to a $75 monthly broadband benefit for subscribers living in qualifying high-cost...
Kinzinger Bill Aims to Neutralize Broadband Rate Regulation
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) has introduced a short net neutrality bill entitled the "No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act of 2015" (H.R.2666),...
Bureau Finds One Study Area Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
In July 2015, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a preliminary list of 15 rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) study areas subject...
FCC Revokes Pacific Networks’ and ComNets’ Section 214 Authority
The FCC has adopted an Order on Revocation and Termination revoking the ability of Pacific Networks Corp and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ComNet...
RUS Seeking Comment on New Environmental Review Process
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has announced that it is seeking public and federal agency comment on the preparation of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment...
