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...
U-NII Compliance Deadline Further Extended to March 2, 2016
The FCC has pushed back by three months its December 2, 2015 deadline for certain National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices to meet revised Part...
WTB Announces New FAA Antenna Structure Marking and Lighting Requirements
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has announced that the FAA has released a new Advisory Circular for Obstruction Marking and Lighting (AC 70/7460-1L) for...
FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments
The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made...
Form 499 Changes Proposed
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on several proposed revisions to its annual and quarterly telecommunications reporting worksheets (FCC Forms 499-A and...
FCC Votes to Expand HAC Rules, Looks to 100% Compliance with 8-Year Plan
The FCC has voted to adopt a Fourth Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking expanding the scope of the FCC’s hearing aid...
Bill Introduced to Codify Small Business Exemption to Net Neutrality Disclosures
Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) has introduced the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2015 (S.2283). If passed, the bill would make permanent the current...
FCC Releases Form 477 Broadband Deployment Data
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau have released data on fixed and mobile broadband deployment as of December 31, 2014, collected...
Cox Penalized for CPNI Breach by “Lizard Squad” Hacker
Cox Communications (Cox) has agreed to a $595,000 settlement with the FCC following an investigation in to whether Cox failed to properly protect customer proprietary...
