Rural Call Completion Revisited
The FCC is revising its efforts to tackle rural call completion issues with a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second Notice). Shortly after...
Data for CAF-BLS and Alaska Plan Challenges Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that its FCC Form 477 data as of June 30, 2016 will be the basis for...
FCC Shrinks High-Cost ETC Annual Reporting Requirements
The FCC has issued an order that modifies or eliminates various reporting requirements for high-cost eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) filed annually with FCC Form...
CPNI Rules Back on the Books Including the Annual Certification
The FCC has adopted an Order clarifying that the prior existing Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules that were in effect prior to the...
ETCs Reminded to Ensure Lifeline Customer Eligibility
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a Public Notice reminding eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) of their ongoing responsibility to ensure the eligibility...
West Kentucky Telco Scores Waiver of ICC Recovery Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has granted West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (West Kentucky)'s petition for waiver of certain intercarrier compensation...
Updated Lifeline Minimum Service Standards and Budget Announced
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the newly calculated minimum speed and usage standards for Lifeline-supported fixed broadband service. The Bureau also...
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Would Help Unmask Threatening Callers’ Identities
At yesterday’s Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the FCC’s caller...
Illegal Robocalls, Rural Call Completion Headline July Open Meeting Agenda
The FCC has announced the tentative agenda for its next Open Meeting, scheduled for July 13, 2017. Continuing Chairman Pai’s pilot program, the Commission...
WCB Rural Call Completion Report Recommends Tossing Data Collection; Comments on Report Due by...
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a Report analyzing rural call completion data collected over two years from “covered providers” (including LECs,...
