FCC Releases Density Data For Rate-of-Return Study Areas

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released density data for rate-of-return study areas that will be used to implement various reforms adopted in the...

FairPoint Accepts $37 Million in CAF II Support

FairPoint Communications Inc. has accepted $37,430,669 in annual Connect American Fund Phase II support to sustain and deploy voice and broadband services in 14...

FCC Releases Text of E-Rate Modernization Order; Comments on FNPRM Due September 15

The FCC has released the text of its recently adopted E-Rate Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) which takes the...

Wireline Bureau Finds Zero 100% Overlap in High-Cost Review

In August 2017, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) conducted its review of study areas potentially subject to the FCC’s “100 percent overlap rule”...

Comment Deadlines Set for Proceedings on Accelerating Broadband Deployment

On April 21, 2017, the FCC adopted Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) and Notices of Inquiry (NOIs) requesting comments on how the Commission might...

Oppositions to USTelecom Petition for Reconsideration of Section 214 Declaratory Ruling Due January 23

On December 23, 2014, the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) filed a petition for reconsideration of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) November 2014 Declaratory...

Court Rules in Favor of FCC in Open Internet Battle

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) denied the legal challenges of the FCC’s...

Comment Dates Announced for Termination of Dormant Proceedings

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice seeking comment on the possible termination...

Bureau Corrects Phase II Challenge Process Resolution Order

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Erratum that amends the Connect America Fund Phase II Challenge Resolution Order. Among other things, the...

FCC Announces 2.5 GHZ Rural Tribal Window and Technical Workshop

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has announced a 182-day Rural Tribal Priority Window that will open on Monday, February...
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