NTIA Releases Latest Spectrum Progress Report
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) has released the Fifth Interim Progress Report on the Obama Administration’s initiative to identify and make available 500...
FCC Provides Additional Information on ACP Pilot Programs
The FCC has provided additional information concerning the Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program and the Affordable Connectivity Program Navigator Pilot Program...
Democrats Reintroduce LIFT America Act Directing $80 Billion for Broadband Deployment
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) has reintroduced the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America Act, or “LIFT America,” which directs $312 billion for...
Optional 5G Certification Window for Legacy High-Cost ETCs Opened until August 16
The Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force has announced the opening of an optional certification window for eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) to certify...
Chairman Wheeler Announces CTO Appointment
FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler recently announced that Scott Jordan will be the Commission’s new Chief Technology Officer. Jordan joins the Commission from the University...
Rate Benchmarks and Minimum Usage Allowances Announced for 2021
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau and the Office of Economics and Analytics have announced the 2021 reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed voice...
FCC Explores Creation of Telehealth Pilot Program
At its August Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) that seeks comment on launching a “Connected Care Pilot Program,” an...
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...
3700-4200 MHz Rulemaking Sought by Diverse Coalition for New Fixed Wireless Broadband
A broad coalition of ISPs, technology companies, and consumer and public interest groups known as the Broadband Access Coalition has petitioned for an FCC...
SAS Administrators for 3.5 GHz Band Conditionally Approved
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have conditionally approved seven entities as Spectrum Access System (SAS) Administrators...
