FCC Targets November 2018 for Auction of 28 GHz and 24 GHz Bands with...
In a draft Public Notice set for a full Commission vote at the next open meeting on April 17, 2018, the FCC indicates that...
FCC Grants Mobility Fund Phase II Challenge Process Participation Waiver
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has granted a waiver to Wireless Partners, LLC to participate as a challenger in the Mobility...
FCC Proposes Database for Reassigned Numbers to Reduce Unwanted Calls
As part of its ongoing efforts to combat illegal robocalls, the FCC seeks comment on ways to reduce calls placed by businesses to numbers...
FCC Conditionally Approves Four 3.5 GHz ESC Operators
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology have announced that they have conditionally approved four entities to serve as Environmental...
FCC Confirms Annual CPNI Certifications Due by March 1, 2018
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice (PN) reminding telecommunications and interconnected VOIP providers that the annual CPNI certification documenting compliance...
Rural Spectrum Scanner Takes Holiday Break
Happy Holidays! Rural Spectrum Scanner will not be published December 23-January 1 as we take a break to celebrate the holidays. We will resume...
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier Soft Launch Pushed into 2018
The anticipated December 2017 soft launch of the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier in six states (Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) has...
Nationwide Number Portability On The Horizon
The FCC has initiated a proceeding and has requested comment on the
regulatory and technological changes that would be required to implement complete
nationwide number portability...
FCC Extends 911 Reliability Certification Deadline
Due to the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has issued a Public Notice announcing...
Study Areas with Potential 100% Overlap May Lose High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has identified 13 study areas that it has determined preliminarily to be subject to the “100 percent overlap rule”...
