Petition Denied Regarding CAF Phase II Challenge Process Guidance
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the American Cable Association and the National Cable and Telecommunications...
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves NECA Average Schedule Formula Revisions
In December, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) proposed a number of revisions to the formulas that will be used to determine average schedule...
Comment Deadline in Vacant Channel Rulemaking Suspended
The FCC has suspended comment and reply deadlines in its vacant channel rulemaking until further notice. The FCC action came in response to a...
FCC Seeks Comment on Petition for Preemption of Local Zoning of Over-the-Air Receptions Devices
The FCC is seeking comment on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by Rodecker Slater, LLC and Wisp.net, ARGUING that the decision...
WCB Waives Certain EBB Program Requirements; Provides Additional Guidance for ACP Transition
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued an Order waiving certain Emergency Broadband Benefit Program requirements as the program comes to an...
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...
Wireless Bureau Sets Deadline for Oppositions to Applications for Review in Data Roaming Proceeding
AT&T and Verizon Wireless have each filed “applications for review” with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) in an attempt to reverse an earlier...
Study Areas with Potential 100% Overlap May Lose High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has identified 13 study areas that it has determined preliminarily to be subject to the “100 percent overlap rule”...
FCC Offers Guidance on CAF Broadband Geo-Location Reporting Portal Ahead of 2017 Rollout
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a public notice providing guidance to various Connect America Fund (CAF) recipients regarding their upcoming obligations to...
FCC Revises Reasonable Comparability Benchmarks; Extends Compliance Deadline
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics have announced revised 2024 reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed broadband services...
