Bipartisan Bill Introduced in Senate to Streamline Infrastructure Deployment
Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) have introduced legislation referred to as the SPEED Act to streamline the permitting of telecommunications...
E-Rate Eligible Services List For Funding Year 2016 Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released the schools and libraries universal service support (E-Rate) program’s eligible services list (ESL) for funding year...
LTD Broadband Denied RDOF Relief as FCC Affirms Review Standards
The FCC at the Commission level has denied an Application for Review filed last year by LTD Broadband, LLC (LTD) seeking a...
BDAC’s Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group Membership Announced
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed the following members to serve on the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee’s (BDAC) Streamlining Federal Siting Working Group, including...
FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force Releases Training Videos for Fixed Service Providers Responding to...
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force has released two training videos to assist internet service providers in responding to individual and bulk...
5G High-Band Order Establishes Incentive Auction for Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, 47 GHz...
The FCC has adopted a Fourth Report and Order with new 5G spectrum auction rules for high-band millimeter wave spectrum in the Upper 37 GHz...
USDA Announces Next Funding Round of Reconnect Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the next round of Reconnect funding, totaling up to $1.15 billion. Broadband projects under...
Initially Eligible Areas Identified for New York Broadband Program
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released the list of initially eligible census blocks for Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II to be allocated in...
Phase-Down Support Amounts for Price Cap and Fixed CETCs Announced
Pursuant to the FCC's recent Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Transitions Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced phased down legacy universal service support...
FCC Publishes Requirements for Filing Bulk Challenges of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Office of Economics and Analytics have published the requirements for filing bulk...
