FCC to Hold Public Forum on Improving 800 MHz Sharing November 6, 2017
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and Office of Engineering and Technology (collectively, the Bureaus) will host a public...
USAC Board Nominations Due by October 27
Nominations are being sought for six open Board member positions on the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Board of Directors. USAC Board members serve...
Q4 2017 USF Contribution Factor Leaps to 18.8%
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 will...
Details Released for Upcoming CAF Phase II Auction Webinar
The FCC will host a webinar on its proposed Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF II) auction process on Monday, September 11, 2017 from...
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier to Launch in Six States This December
The National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) will launch by December 31, 2017 in the six states of Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Utah,...
Court Hands DISH Companies Second Chance at AWS-3 Licenses with FCC Remand
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has issued a ruling that both affirmed the FCC’s 2015 determination leading to...
Mobile Voice and Broadband Form 477 Data Released
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has released two sets of Form 477 data covering mobile voice and broadband deployments as of June 30,...
Comments on USF Contribution Forbearance Petition Requested by September 13
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released for comment a joint Petition for Forbearance filed by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) and the...
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”...
FCC Denies Kurian’s Request for Waiver and Extension of the 700 MHz E...
The Federal Communications Commission's Mobility Division (Division) has denied the request of Thomas K. Kurian (Kurian) for a waiver or five-year extension of the...
