No Relaunch of Starlink Funding as FCC Denies RDOF Appeal
In a decision similar to the recent LTD Broadband (LTD) denial, the FCC in a 3-2 decision has denied the Application for...
FCC Releases Form 477 Data on Broadband Deployment
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA), in conjunction with the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and...
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...
House Bill Would Require Warrant to Access Email
Representative Matt Salmon has re-introduced a bill to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 (H.R. 283) would...
DIRS Deactivated for Hurricane Irma, Likely to Reactive for Hurricane Maria
The FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) has been deactivated at the request of the FEMA for areas affected by Hurricane Irma, which included...
Second Wave Deadline Announced for 3.5 GHz SAS and ESC Proposals
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have set a “second wave” deadline of May 31, 2017 for...
FCC Establishes Procedures for BDC Filers Using Their Own Speed Test Measurement Tools
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Office of Economics and Analytics, and Office of Engineering and Technology, have established...
Bureau Releases Guidance on Demonstrating CAF Phase I Deployment Compliance
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released guidance on how price cap carriers that accepted Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I incremental support...
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...
Clarification Sought on CAF Build-out Deadline Extension
Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (PRT) has filed a petition with the FCC requesting a declaratory ruling clarifying that Section 54.320(d)(2) of the Commission’s...
