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 Reminds Carriers that LNP Administrator Transition from Neustar to Telcordia is Underway
The FCC has released a public notice reminding all entities that use the Number Portability Administrator Center (NPAC) that the process to transition operations...
Federal Appeals Court Denies Motion to Stay New FCC BDS Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has denied a motion for stay filed by telecommunications companies attempting to block a recent...
CAF Phase II Technical Guide Details Proposed Bid Procedures for Auction 903
A Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Technical Guide has been released by the FCC’s Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau and...
Court of Appeals Upholds FCC Pole Attachment Rules
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has released a decision upholding an Order on Reconsideration released by the FCC in November...
Form 477 Broadband Data Collection to Undergo Overhaul
The FCC has unanimously adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking inviting comment on proposals to change its semiannual Form 477 broadband data collection....
CAF Phase II Auction Procedures Proposed
In a unanimous vote, the FCC has proposed procedures for implementing its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II reverse auction in 2018 to authorize...
Vermont ETCs Must Enter Lifeline Subscriber Data into NLAD by November 1
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted the Vermont Public Service Department’s (Department) request to participate in the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD). ...
Rural Call Completion Comment Deadlines Announced
The FCC has announced comment and reply dates in its pending Rural Call Completion proceeding. Comments are due on or before August 28, 2017, and...
Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System Scheduled for September 27, 2017
The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has provided notice to all Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants that the Federal Emergency Management...
