Broadband Privacy Rule Effective Dates Announced
A summary of the FCC’s new broadband privacy rules has been published in the Federal Register. The rules pertaining to the basis and purpose,...
RUS Accepting Applications For Broadband Loans July 30 – September 30
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has released a notice of solicitation of applications (NOSA) announcing that RUS is accepting applications...
FCC Finds Broadband Deployment Unsatisfactory Yet Again
Once again, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has found that broadband service is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely...
Wireless Alaska Plan Carriers Given the Green Light; Certifications Due December 29
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has approved the Alaska Plan performance plans of eight wireless providers in Alaska that elected to receive frozen...
FCC BDC Task Force Releases Bulk Fabric Challenge Guidance
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force has issued a Public Notice announcing recommended best practices for submitting bulk challenges as part of...
Study Areas with Potential 100% Overlap May Lose High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has identified 13 study areas that it has determined preliminarily to be subject to the “100 percent overlap rule”...
Comments on Leveraging Non-Federal Funding to Extend Broadband Due September 2
As part of a Report and Order announcing the availability of $100 million for rural broadband experiments, the FCC released a Further Notice of...
CCA, USTelecom Request Extension of Waiver for BDC Professional Engineer Requirement
The Competitive Carriers Association and USTelecom – The Broadband Association have filed a Petition for Extension of Waiver seeking an extension of...
Support Reductions Coming to Rate-of-Return Carriers in September 2016
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that rate-of-return carriers will see reductions to their universal service support starting September 2016 as a result...
DISH-Controlled Entities Once Again Denied Small Business Bidding Credits
The FCC has once again determined that SNR Wireless LicenseCo LLC (SNR) and Northstar Wireless LLC (Northstar) are ineligible for bidding credit...
