Bureau Claims New Rate-Of-Return Cost Model Increases High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released an updated version of the rate-of-return local exchange carrier cost model: the Alternative Connect America Cost Model...
OMB Approves Rural Call Completion Requirements; Data Recording Begins April 1
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the rules adopted in...
Bureau Announces More Rural Broadband Experiment Winners
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the following 12 entities have been provisionally selected to receive roughly $12 million in rural...
Bureau Denies More Rural Broadband Experiment Waiver Requests
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied four more petitions requesting waiver of the FCC’s rural broadband experiment requirements. Specifically, the Bureau has...
FCC Enforcement Bureau proposes $9M Penalty for Slamming and Cramming
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has proposed a $9 million penalty against GPSPS, Inc., a Georgia telephone company. The proposed penalty is for...
FCC Adopts Landmark Broadband Orders
In a dramatic open meeting that featured guest speakers from the online, technology and entertainment industries, the FCC officially adopted two orders that boldly...
Push for Delayed Net Neutrality Vote and Public Disclosure of Order Rebuffed by Chairman
Three days before the FCC’s February 26 meeting, Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly have made a last-ditch effort to delay the FCC’s net...
February 26 FCC Meeting Officially Will Tackle Key Broadband Issues
The FCC has formalized its agenda for its February 26 open meeting, which will address two major broadband related items. First, the Commission will...
NECA Revises Cost Accounting and Procedures Manual
The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) has revised its cost accounting and procedures manual (CAM) to reflect industry changes that occurred during the...
FCC Clarifies Rural Call Completion Requirements
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a declaratory ruling that provides additional guidance regarding how providers that are subject to the FCC’s...
