FCC Denies Alaskan Carrier Reconsideration of CAF Phase II Service Obligations
The FCC has denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) challenging the high-cost definition applied to its service obligations in...
Rural Health Care Program Rule Changes Accelerated
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order accelerating the effective date of certain rule changes to the Rural Health...
OET Seeks Information on Whether FCC Should Permit Direct Communications between 6 GHz U-NII...
The Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) seeks additional information on whether the FCC should permit direct communications between client devices in...
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...
FCC Announces Third-Party Stakeholder Access to BDC Fabric
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force has announced that interested third-party stakeholders may now begin the process of obtaining a license to...
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...
Revised A-CAM Offers Announced; Elections Due by June 21
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced 217 revised state-based Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) offers extended to carriers in conjunction with...
FCC Offers Guidance on CAF Broadband Geo-Location Reporting Portal Ahead of 2017 Rollout
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a public notice providing guidance to various Connect America Fund (CAF) recipients regarding their upcoming obligations to...
FCC Jumpstarts 5G Rural Fund with Modified Rules
The FCC has adopted a Second Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration modifying the previous framework for the 5G Fund for...
FCC Conditionally Approves Four 3.5 GHz ESC Operators
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology have announced that they have conditionally approved four entities to serve as Environmental...
