Media Bureau Grants Blanket Extension of New Truth-in-Billing Requirements in the Television Viewer Protection...
The Media Bureau (Bureau) has granted a blanket extension until December 20, 2020, of the effective date of new truth-in-billing requirements of...
Bill Introduced in House to Consolidate Aspects of ReConnect and Rural Broadband Programs
Representative David Scott (D-GA-13) has introduced the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act (H.R. 4374), which would consolidate much of the...
FCC Adopts Order Implementing Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
The FCC has unanimously voted to adopt a Report and Order implementing the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which is expected to open...
FCC Proposes Overhaul of High-Cost Support Mechanisms
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on how it can modernize or replace certain existing...
FCC Chairman Announces Bipartisan USF Reform For Rate of Return Carriers
In a blog post titled “Bipartisan Solutions for Universal Service,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced that he has circulated an Order which modernizes...
FCC Seeks Comment on Possible Commercial Wireless Service Sharing in the 3.7-4.2 GHz Band
The FCC’s , International and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus and Office of Engineering and Technology (Bureaus), pursuant to a mandate under the recently enacted Making Opportunities for Broadband...
FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments
The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made...
Bill Introduced to Restart Middle Mile Infrastructure Program
On August 26, Reps. Andy Feenstra (R-IA), Josh Riley (D-NY), and Barry Moore (R-AL) introduced the Middle Mile for Rural America Act...
E-Rate, Rural Broadband Experiments, and IP Video Closed Captioning on July Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the final agenda for its next open meeting on Friday, July 11, 2014. It contains the following three...
North Carolina, California Approved for BEAD Implementation Funding
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the full initial proposals for North Carolina and California for the $42.5 billion...
