A-CAM Budget Shortfall Prompts Revised Offers for Most; Comment Sought on Budget Increase

To address the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) budget shortfall, the FCC has issued an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that...

More Frontier CAF Phase I Changes Prompt January 30, 2017 Notification Deadline

Frontier Communications Corp. (Frontier) recently notified the FCC that Frontier plans to modify its Connect America Fund Phase I Round 2 (CAF Phase I)...

FCC Offers Guidance on CAF Broadband Geo-Location Reporting Portal Ahead of 2017 Rollout

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a public notice providing guidance to various Connect America Fund (CAF) recipients regarding their upcoming obligations to...

Sandwich Isles Faces Over $76M in USF Recovery and Proposed Fines

The FCC has approved two enforcement items totaling over $76 million in recovery payments and proposed fines against Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. (SIC), which...

Lifeline Waiver Requests Both Granted and Denied in Part

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) granted in part and denied in part 10 waiver requests filed by United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) and...

Former Long Distance Reseller Admonished, Fined $100K for Form 499-A and Section 214 Violations

The FCC Enforcement Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability and Admonishment against former long distance reseller World Discount Telecommunications, Inc. (WDT) for...

A-CAM Elections Exceed 10-Year Budget by $1.6B; Suggested Solutions Sought by November 14

The election of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support by 216 rate-of-return companies in 43 states has amounted to a budget shortfall of...

E-Rate Participants May Submit Extension Requests through October 31

Due to technical issues, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is giving E-rate participants with an October 28, 2016 invoice deadline for Funding Year...

A-CAM Corrections Affect 32 Carriers

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced technical corrections to the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) that affect 32 specific A-CAM eligible...

FCC Order Addresses ICC Recovery Waiver Issues

The FCC has released an Order addressing intercarrier compensation (ICC) recovery rule waiver issues that were the subject of several petitions.  Though the Order...
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