FCC Closes Investigation into EchoStar
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has issued a letter to EchoStar announcing that the Commission has officially concluded its investigation into EchoStar’s compliance...
Alaska CAF Reporting Waiver Denied
An Alaska Communications Services Group, Inc. (ACS) petition for clarification and waiver has been denied by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau). When implementing...
Net Neutrality and Title II Stand as DC Circuit Court Denies Rehearing
A three-judge panel on the D.C. circuit federal appeals court has rejected a request to review its decision en banc and upheld the FCC’s...
White House Calls for Strong Open Internet Rules and Title II Reclassification
In a statement from the White House, President Obama has entered the Open Internet (or net neutrality) debate by calling for the FCC to...
FCC Adopts Backup Power Rules
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted rules intended to ensure that consumers have the information and tools necessary to maintain landline home telephone service...
FCC Releases Staff Report on Lifeline Broadband Pilot Program
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a staff report which summarizes data obtained from the FCC’s Low Income Broadband Pilot Program. The pilot...
FCC Extends Comment Deadline for Lifeline Broadband Rulemaking
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline to file comments in response to its recent further notice of proposed rulemaking related to the...
FCC Announces Winners of Rural Broadband Experiment Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the entities that have been provisionally selected as winners of rural broadband experiment support. Collectively, the provisional...
West Virginia Selects Nine Providers for BEAD Awards
West Virginia has released for public comment its draft Final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program Proposal. The following companies were...
FCC Seeks Nominations for Membership of Renewed BDAC
The FCC has announced its intent to re-charter the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), subject to approval by the General Services Administration, for a...
