FCC Admonishes and Cites ISPs for Failure to Comply with the Transparency Rule
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (EB) has issued sixteen Admonishment Orders and eight Citation and Orders (collectively, “Orders”) to Internet Service Providers (ISPs)...
NTIA Extends Deadlines for Final BEAD Proposals by 90 Days
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has granted a programmatic waiver of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program’s requirement...
OMD Announces Mitigating Measures for EBB Program Amid Concerns with Community Eligibility Provision Enrollment
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director has announced measures the Commission will take to mitigate any harm due to Emergency Broadband Benefit...
North Carolina, California Approved for BEAD Implementation Funding
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the full initial proposals for North Carolina and California for the $42.5 billion...
RDOF Auction 904 Guidance and Tutorials Available in Advance of July 15 Application Deadline
With the Auction 904 auction procedures public notice released and a July 15, 2020 application deadline established, the FCC has started publishing...
Form 477 Broadband Data Collection to Undergo Overhaul
The FCC has unanimously adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking inviting comment on proposals to change its semiannual Form 477 broadband data collection....
Bill Introduced in House to Consolidate Aspects of ReConnect and Rural Broadband Programs
Representative David Scott (D-GA-13) has introduced the Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act (H.R. 4374), which would consolidate much of the...
National Lifeline Verifier to Fully Launch in Five States and Guam in January 2019
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) will fully launch in five states, including Hawaii, Idaho,...
Chairman Wheeler Announces Big August Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its August open meeting, scheduled for August 6, 2015. It contains the...
Waiver Sought to Use Actual Revenues to Calculate Rates and Recovery
Great Plains Communications (Great Plains) in Nebraska has petitioned the FCC for a rule waiver that would allow Great Plains to use actual switched...
