FCC Provides Tariff Review Plans for July 2025 Tariff Revisions
The FCC has adopted an Order outlining the procedures for incumbent local exchange carriers to file their annual interstate access charge tariffs...
FCC Approves $20 Billion Verizon-Frontier Merger
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order approving Verizon Communications Inc.’s (Verizon) $20 billion acquisition of...
WCB Extends Compliance Deadlines for Privacy of Domestic Violence Calls and Texts
On November 16, 2023, the FCC adopted the Safe Connections Act Report and Order, which established rules aimed at protecting the privacy...
WCB Seeks Information for Annual 988 Information Collection
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has requested information from states, Indian Tribes, and Alaska Native villages or regional corporations regarding their...
WCB Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to the 2026 FCC Form 499-A, FCC Form...
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a Public Notice seeking comment on proposed revisions to the: (1) 2026 annual Telecommunications Reporting...
Sixth Circuit Won’t Rehear Its Net Neutrality Rejection
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has denied a Petition for Rehearing En Banc on the court's recent decision...
WCB Announces E-Rate and RHC Funding Caps for 2025
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the E-Rate and Rural Health Care (RHC) programs’ annual caps for funding year 2025. The...
FCC Clarifies Deployment Obligations for CAF-BLS Recipients
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has adopted an Order clarifying that Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support (CAF-BLS) recipients can satisfy...
Sixth Circuit Sinks Net Neutrality
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Sixth Circuit) has likely dealt a fatal blow to the FCC's May 2024...
WCB and OEA Correct 2025 Urban Rate Survey Public Notice
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics have released an Erratum correcting the Public Notice from December 13,...
