U-NII-4 Device Testing Underway

As part of its ongoing evaluation of unlicensed national information infrastructure (U-NII) devices to share 5 GHz spectrum with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)...

FCC Shrinks High-Cost ETC Annual Reporting Requirements

The FCC has issued an order that modifies or eliminates various reporting requirements for high-cost eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) filed annually with FCC Form...

Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force Assembled

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced the formation of the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force to administer the upcoming Universal Service Fund-related auctions.  The...

Form 508 Forecasted Cost & Revenue Data for Broadband Loop Support Due by October...

The FCC is requiring all carriers to file forecasted cost and revenue data for the first half of 2017 (i.e., the period from January...

Chairman Pai Seeks to Eliminate Federal Designation of Broadband Lifeline ETCs

In a statement released yesterday by the FCC, Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he is instructing the Office of General Counsel to seek a...

USF Relief Granted to RLEC Broadband Providers

The FCC has granted a 2017 petition filed by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association and USTelecom requesting targeted, temporary forbearance for Rural Local Exchange Carriers...

Legislation Would Provide Broadband Utility Allowance, Address Homework Gap

Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) has introduced the “Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2015” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Foster’s...

OET Releases Final Version of TVStudy Software

The Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has released the final version of the TVStudy software (version 1.3.2) to be used in the...

FCC Webinar on Rate-of-Return USF Reform Order Set For April 4

On March 30, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order, Order and Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

FCC To Make Data on Special Access Services Publicly Available

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it will publicly release data that it gathered earlier this year as part of its...
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