FCC Announces Accepted Emergency Broadband Benefit Providers
The FCC has announced its first batch of accepted broadband service providers into the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. The EBB Program will...
FCC Denies Support Recovery Waiver Requests Regarding RDOF Defaults
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau has adopted an Order denying waiver requests filed by North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) and...
FCC’s Packed October Agenda Includes 3.5 GHz, HAC and Hurricane USF Relief Items
The FCC has announced its lengthy tentative agenda for its October 24, 2017 open meeting, which will including the following:
A Puerto Rico and...
House Bill Would Encourage Spectrum Leasing to Rural and Small Carriers
Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA) have introduced the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act (H.R. 1814) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The...
Chairman Pai Reveals Plans to Obliterate Title II-based Open Internet Regs
At a political event in Washington, DC, Chairman Ajit Pai announced the FCC’s plan to reverse course on the Title II reclassification of broadband...
Testing Waiver Granted for Model-Based CAF-II
On its own motion, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a limited waiver of certain network performance pre-testing requirements for...
FCC’s $200M COVID-19 Telehealth Program Opens
The FCC has announced the opening of its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program application portal as of Monday, April 13, 2020 at...
FCC Seeks Comment on Reforms to Rural Health Care Program
The FCC has adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on reforms to the Rural Health Care Program rules to...
FCC Rejects ACA Application for Review of CAF Cost Model Inputs
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied an application for review filed by the American Cable Association (ACA) that challenged two aspects of the...
Updated Form 477 Fixed Broadband Deployment Data Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released updated data, collected through FCC Form 477, on fixed broadband deployment as of June 30, 2016. ...
