2018 Form 481 ETC Annual Report Deadline Extended to July 16; Rate Floor Forms...
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau), on its own motion, granted a brief waiver and extension of the July 2 filing deadline for eligible...
Space Age Infrastructure Becoming a Reality
Elefante Group, Inc. (Elefante) has filed a Petition for Rulemaking asking the FCC to provide access to the 21.5-23.6, 25.25-27.5, 71-76 and 81-86 GHz...
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...
FCC Grants Conditional Waiver for SAS Administrators in 3.5 GHz Band
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have granted a conditional waiver for spectrum access system administrators...
House Subcommittee Debates Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018
Members of a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands this week debated a bill introduced in the House in January of 2018, entitled...
FCC Portal for ISP Network Transparency Disclosures Available May 29, 2018
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, in coordination with the Wireline Competition Bureau, have established a portal for Internet service provider (ISP) transparency...
FCC Seeks Comment on Petition for Declaratory Ruling regarding the VoIP Symmetry Rule
The Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by CenturyLink Inc. regarding the application of the VoIP symmetry...
Net Neutrality Roll-Back and Enhanced Network Transparency Requirements to Become Effective June 11, 2018
The FCC’s 2018 Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order and Order largely repealing the so-called “Open Internet” regulatory framework implemented by the prior FCC Chairman...
Revised A-CAM Offers Announced; Elections Due by June 21
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced 217 revised state-based Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) offers extended to carriers in conjunction with...
Grand River Mutual Seeks A-CAM Relief for Locations Excluded Due to Clerical Error
Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation (GRM) has filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the FCC’s March 23, 2018 Report and Order (Order), Third Order...
