High-Cost USF Support Not for High Living, Reminds FCC
The FCC released a public notice reminding all eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) receiving high-cost Universal Service Fund (USF) support that such support may be...
Incentive Auction Application Deadlines Set
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the Application Procedures for the 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction, currently scheduled to begin on March...
FCC Releases A-CAM Version 2.0
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released version 2.0 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM v2.0), which incorporates updated study area...
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...
E-Rate Eligible Services List For Funding Year 2016 Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released the schools and libraries universal service support (E-Rate) program’s eligible services list (ESL) for funding year...
FCC Releases Updated A-CAM and New Illustrative Results
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released version 1.1 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM), which updates the model to incorporate...
Price Cap Carriers Accept $1.5 Billion in Annual CAF Phase II Support
In April 2015, the FCC formally offered annual Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II support to 10 price cap incumbent local exchange carriers with...
FCC Upholds Bureau Decision to Deny Waiver for Rural Broadband Experiment Applicants
The FCC has denied three applications for review filed by three companies that sought rural broadband experiment support: Rural Broadband Services Corporation (RBSC), Lennon...
CenturyLink Accepts $505 Million in CAF II Support
CenturyLink, Inc., on behalf of its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) affiliates, has accepted $505,703,762 in annual Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II support...
Bureau Releases A-CAM Census Block Group Classifications
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) previously invited rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers to submit study area specific plant mix input values for use...
