CCA Report Estimates $36 Billion Needed for Ubiquitous Rural 5G Service
The Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) has released a white paper with a new 5G cost model compiled by CostQuest Associates. The model,...
FCC Launches Investigation of ILEC Pricing Plans For Special Access Services
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has initiated an investigation into the terms and conditions of 18 special access service tariff pricing plans of...
FCC Bureaus Modify 4.9 GHz Band Filing Freeze
The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau have modified the 4.9 GHz band filing freeze,...
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...
ACHP Seeks Comment on FCC’s Proposed Twilight Towers Program Comment
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is seeking comment on a proposed Program Comment submitted by the FCC regarding collocation on...
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...
FCC Takes Action to Accelerate Wireless Infrastructure for 5G Deployment
The FCC has adopted a Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to facilitate the deployment of 5G networks across...
NTIA Approves Eight Final BEAD Proposals
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program proposals from the following eight states...
Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Finds ISP Not Entitled to DMCA Safe Harbor Protection
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Richmond) has found broadband Internet access service providers Cox Communications, Inc., and CoxCom LLC...
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...
