WCB Announces E-Rate Category Two Fund Floors and Multipliers for Next Funding Cycle
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the E-Rate category two multipliers and funding floors for the upcoming five-year cycle that...
WCB Adopts Order Seeking to Speed Copper Retirements
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has adopted an Order, which aims to facilitate the transition from legacy networks comprised of copper...
Charter and Cox Announce Merger
Charter Communications and Cox Communications have announced an agreement to merge, valuing Cox at $34.5 billion. The combined company will operate under...
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...
