One-Time Waiver Granted for FCC Form 509 Filers
On its own motion, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a one-time waiver of the FCC's rules to allow rate-of-return local exchange carriers...
2019 Urban Rate Survey Results Announced for Fixed Voice & Broadband
The 2019 urban rate survey results for fixed voice and broadband services have been released by the FCC’s Wireline Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau). The FCC...
National Lifeline Verifier to Fully Launch in Five States and Guam in January 2019
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) will fully launch in five states, including Hawaii, Idaho,...
2019 USF Contribution Factor Hovers at 20%
The universal service fund (USF) contribution factor for first quarter (1Q) 2019 is set to drop slightly by one-tenth of a point to 20.0 percent....
5G High-Band Order Establishes Incentive Auction for Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, 47 GHz...
The FCC has adopted a Fourth Report and Order with new 5G spectrum auction rules for high-band millimeter wave spectrum in the Upper 37 GHz...
Waiver Granted for Merging of Study Areas
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a waiver to Telapex, Inc. (Telapex) and Venture Communications Cooperative (Venture) to allow the merging of each...
FCC Denies Motion for Stay of Small Cell Order
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has issued an Order denying a Motion for Stay pending judicial review of the FCC’s September 2018 Declaratory Ruling...
FCC Seeks Nominations for Membership of Renewed BDAC
The FCC has announced its intent to re-charter the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), subject to approval by the General Services Administration, for a...
National Lifeline Verifier to Launch in Four More States
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the soft launch of the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) in Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,...
FCC Seeks Comment on 3.65 GHz Transition Waiver and Extension
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has released for comment a Petition for Waiver requesting a rule waiver and extension that would give all...
