Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force Assembled
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced the formation of the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force to administer the upcoming Universal Service Fund-related auctions. The...
USAC’s Application of Ten Percent Rule Upheld
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied several pending requests for review of audit findings related to whether certain mixed-use private line revenues...
Connect America Fund, Infrastructure Deployment, Business Data Headline April Open Meeting Agenda
The FCC has announced the tentative agenda for its next open meeting, scheduled for April 20, 2017. Continuing the Chairman’s pilot program, the Commission...
Clarification Sought on CAF Build-out Deadline Extension
Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (PRT) has filed a petition with the FCC requesting a declaratory ruling clarifying that Section 54.320(d)(2) of the Commission’s...
Comments on Alaska Communications CAF Phase I Geocoding Petition Due by April 12
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a Petition for Clarification or Limited Waiver filed by the Alaska Communications Services Groups, Inc....
Email Typos Prove Costly in A-CAM Waiver Denials
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied the waiver requests of IAMO Telephone Company, Inc. (IAMO) and Montrose Mutual Telephone Company (Montrose) asking...
FCC Proposes to Scrap International Traffic and Revenue Reports, Streamline Circuit Capacity Reports
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to streamline and eliminate certain international reporting requirements. In the NPRM, the Commission proposes to...
Deadlines Announced For Annual ILEC Access Tariff Filings
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has set an effective date of July 1, 2017 for the 2017 annual access charge tariff filings on...
FCC Proposes Extending Freeze on Jurisdictional Separations Procedures
The FCC in a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeks comment on further extending for 18 months, until December 31, 2018, the current freeze...
FCC Form 477 Deadline Extended to March 24, 2017
After the delaying the March 1 FCC Form 477 filing deadline due to technical issues, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has re-opened the online...
