The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that there is sufficient funding available to fully meet the Universal Service Administrative Company’s (USAC) estimated demand for category one and category two requests for E-Rate-supported services for funding year 2025. USAC estimates that the total demand for funding year 2025 will be $3.225 billion. The E-Rate program inflation-based cap for funding year 2025 is $5.059 billion. As such, the Bureau has directed USAC to fully fund eligible category one and category two requests submitted for funding year 2025. The Bureau has also directed USAC to use $500 million in E-Rate funds unused from prior years to offset the collection requirements needed to fully meet demand for such services.
