FCC Updates Price Cap Cost Model, Releases First Rate-of-Return Cost Model
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released version 4.2 of the Connect America Cost Model (CAM v4.2). It incorporates the FCC’s decision in...
FCC Votes to Seek Public Comment on Excluding Twilight Towers from Historic Preservation Review
The FCC has voted to seek public comment on its plan to exclude from routine historic preservation review the collocation of wireless facilities on...
RUS Awards $86 Million in Rural Broadband Grants and Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has awarded $74.8 million in Telecommunications Loans and $11 million in Community Connect Grants to...
Court Rejects LTD Broadband RDOF Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the FCC's 2022 rejection of LTD Broadband, Inc.'s Rural Digital Opportunity...
$112.2M of CAF Phase II Support Authorized in Nine States
The FCC has issued a Public Notice announcing authorization for 1,031 Connect American Fund (CAF) Phase II winning bids amounting to nearly...
Commission Sets Tentative November Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its November open meeting, scheduled for November 21, 2014. It contains...
FCC Provides Updated Guidance on the Protection of the Northern Long-Eared Bat
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has provided updated guidance for the environmental review of the northern long-eared bat for tower construction...
Letter of Credit Waiver Granted in Tribal Mobility Phase I
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has granted a waiver of the FCC’s letter of credit (LOC) requirement in Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I...
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...
New Chairman Takes Aim at “Midnight Regulations”
On Friday, February 3, 2017, the FCC rescinded, retracted and set aside several actions taken at the last minute under the prior administration. Such...
