FCC Proposes Fine Against Q Link for Improper EBB Program Disbursements
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing forfeitures of $62 million against Q Link Wireless LLC for...
FCC Opens Up More 5G Spectrum Frontiers
The FCC has voted to adopt a Second Order and Report and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking opening up more spectrum above 24...
ReConnect Funding Round 4 Opens Up Possible Overbuilding with RDOF Awards
The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service has released its Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) outlining the rules for its Rural e-Connectivity (ReConnect) Program. One...
FCC Proposes Fines for Entities in Default on CAF Phase II Auction Bids
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has issued Notices of Apparent Liability (NALs) proposing forfeitures to thirteen entities that have defaulted on bids in...
Updated Form 477 Fixed Broadband Deployment Data Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released updated data, collected through FCC Form 477, on fixed broadband deployment as of June 30, 2016. ...
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves NECA Average Schedule Formula Revisions
In December, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) proposed a number of revisions to the formulas that will be used to determine average schedule...
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...
Starry Granted ETC Designation in AL and VA for Potential RDOF Award
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has designated Connect Everyone LLC (Starry) as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) in certain high-cost areas...
Net Neutrality Appeals Moved Back to D.C. Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has transferred the appeal of the FCC’s December 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order to the...
RDOF Order Rejects Pleas Not to Exclude State-Funded Areas
The FCC has denied a series of petitions to reconsider Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) area eligibility rules...
