FCC Releases 2020 Communications Marketplace Report
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has published its second 2020 Communications Marketplace Report, which assesses the state of competition in...
Rip-and-Replace Spending Reports due August 10
The FCC has released a Public Notice reminding recipients in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (Rip-and-Replace Program) to file their...
Net Neutrality Is a Go as Court Rejects Stay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied a request of several broadband providers to stay, or delay, the FCC’s Open Internet...
Next FCC Form 477 Deadline Pushed Back to March 8, 2019
Following the re-opening of the federal government, the FCC has extended the filing deadline for the upcoming FCC Form 477 Local Telephone Competition and...
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...
A-CAM Elections Exceed 10-Year Budget by $1.6B; Suggested Solutions Sought by November 14
The election of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support by 216 rate-of-return companies in 43 states has amounted to a budget shortfall of...
FCC Terminates the T-Band NPRM as T-Band Act Becomes Law
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has terminated the T-Band Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in response to the recent passage of...
Senate Bill Would Reserve Broadband Funding for Unserved Areas
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Steve Daines (R-MT) have introduced the Reprioritizing Unserved Rural Areas and Locations for Broadband (RURAL Broadband) Act of 2018...
A-CAM Corrections Affect 32 Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced technical corrections to the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) that affect 32 specific A-CAM eligible...
No Delay for Net Neutrality, Says FCC
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications bureaus (Bureaus) have denied three requests for a stay (i.e., delay) of the FCC’s Open Internet (or net neutrality)...
