FCC Initiates Proceeding to Speed Availability of Innovative Technologies and Services
The FCC has initiated a proceeding to ensure that new technologies and services that would serve the public interest are made available to the...
Community Connect Grant Program Filing Window Opening February 20
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service has announced the opening of the filing window for the FY 2025 Community Connect...
FCC Adopts a Series of Orders to Streamline Copper Retirements
The FCC has released a series of orders streamlining the FCC’s rules and procedures for transitioning away from legacy copper networks. One...
Bureau Releases A-CAM Rate-of-Return Service Area Map
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released an online, publicly-accessible map of rate-of-return study area boundaries and related geographical information that will be...
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,...
FCC’s $200M COVID-19 Telehealth Program Opens
The FCC has announced the opening of its $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Program application portal as of Monday, April 13, 2020 at...
FCC Opens Eighteenth Inquiry on State of Broadband in the U.S.
Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the FCC has released a Notice of Inquiry, initiating the eighteenth annual...
Real-World 3.5 GHz SAS Testing Procedures Announced
The FCC has announced details and a timeline regarding the real-world testing process for 3.5 GHz Spectrum Access System (SAS) applicants. SASs will assign...
D.C. Circuit Affirms 5.9 GHz Order
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has unanimously upheld the FCC’s 2020 5.9 GHz order, which reallocated 45 MHz...
Senate Bill Proposes to Exempt Rural Projects from Environmental Review
Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), David Perdue (R-GA), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R.-MS) have introduced The Paving the Way for Rural Communities Act of...
