Net Neutrality on Hold Pending Sixth Circuit Appeal
In a blow to the FCC's Net Neutrality Order (Order) adopted this year recategorizing broadband Internet access service as Title II telecommunications,...
Net Neutrality MOU with FTC Sets Stage for FCC’s Title II Rollback Plans
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has released a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that would govern...
FCC Facilitates Additional Access to 4.9 GHz Band Spectrum for FirstNet
The FCC has adopted an Eighth Report and Order that will allow the 4.9 GHz Nationwide Band Manager to apply for a...
SVB Collapse Prompts LOC Waiver Relief for RDOF Awardee
East Central Vermont Telecommunications District (ECFiber) has been granted a six-month waiver of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) rules by...
OneWeb Application for US Satellite Broadband Operations Approved
The FCC has approved an application by WorldVu Satellites Limited d/b/a OneWeb to access the US satellite market for satellite broadband services in remote...
FCC Gives Video Relay Services a Facelift
The FCC has adopted new rules to improve the quality and efficiency of video relay services (VRS). VRS enables people with hearing and speech...
Form 508 Forecasted Cost & Revenue Data for Broadband Loop Support Due by October...
The FCC is requiring all carriers to file forecasted cost and revenue data for the first half of 2017 (i.e., the period from January...
Excess High-Cost Cash Not to Be Counted for 2018 Contribution Factor
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has directed the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) not to consider any excess 2017 high-cost Universal Service Fund...
Court Vacates FCC’s 2023 Digital Discrimination Order
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) 2023 Digital Discrimination Order, holding that...
Mobility Fund Phase I Waiver Request Denied
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has denied TexNet 4G, LLC (TexNet) a waiver of the FCC’s Mobility Fund Phase I (MF-I) rules. Initially,...
