FCC Delays Implementation of New Oklahoma Lifeline Map For 120 Days
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it has delayed implementation of the FCC’s new interpretation of “former reservations in Oklahoma” for...
FCC Releases International Broadband Data Report
The FCC’s International Bureau (Bureau) has released its fifth International Broadband Data Report which compares the state of broadband deployment in the U.S. to...
Forward Auction Application Deadline Pushed to February 10 by Snowzilla
The FCC has pushed back by a day the filing window for the short-form application (FCC Form 175) to participate in the forward auction...
FCC Modifies Condition of Cellular South TTY Waiver
In December 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Cellular South a temporary, limited waiver of the FCC’s requirements to support text telephony (TTY)...
New Lifeline Rules Scheduled to Become Effective On or After February 4
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the following Lifeline rules that...
Seventh Annual Report on State Collection of 911 Fees
The FCC has released the seventh annual report on the collection and distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 (E911) fees and charges by the...
FCC Provides Update on Incentive Auction Processes
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice which provides updates and supplements previously released information concerning the reverse and forward...
FCC Grants Cellular South Waiver of TTY Requirements
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureaus) have granted Cellular...
Small Business Exemption to Enhanced Transparency Rule Extended Another Year
The FCC has punted for another year the decision of whether to make permanent the exemption to its enhanced transparency rule adopted in the...
Contribution Factor Climbs To All-Time High of 18.2 Percent
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the first quarter of 2016 is 18.2...
