Support Reductions Coming to Rate-of-Return Carriers in September 2016
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that rate-of-return carriers will see reductions to their universal service support starting September 2016 as a result...
CAF Phase II Auction Comments Due July 21
Comment deadlines have been set for the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Order...
Bureau Denies ACS Request For Waiver of Certain CAF Phase I Deployment Obligations
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a petition filed by ACS of Anchorage, ACS of Northland, ACS of Fairbanks, and ACS of...
FCC Approves Adjustments to Average Schedule HCLS Formula
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has approved the modifications proposed by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) to the formula used to calculate...
FCC Clarifies Parts of Rate-of-Return Reform Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released an order clarifying how a number of reforms adopted in the Rate-of-Return Reform Order will be...
Court Rules in Favor of FCC in Open Internet Battle
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) denied the legal challenges of the FCC’s...
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Govern Access to Overseas Communications
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Dean Heller (R-Nevada), and Chris Coons (D-Delaware) have introduced the International Communications Privacy Act (ICPA) to clarify the ability of...
FCC Amends Network Outage Reporting Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on Reconsideration that are intended to...
NECA Modifies Average Schedule Formula, Comments Due June 20
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has invited comments on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modifications to the mathematical formula used to...
inContact To Pay $100,000 Penalty For Failing to Complete Calls to Rural Area
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has entered into a Consent Decree with inContact, Inc., which resolves the Bureau’s investigation into whether inContact failed to...
