FCC Approves New App for BDC Mobile Challenges
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force and Office of Engineering and Technology have released a Public Notice approving the use of Georgia...
FCC Announces Service Benchmarks for Fixed Voice and Broadband Services
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) have announced the 2026 benchmarks for fixed voice...
FCC Updates Broadband Serviceable Locations for RDOF, PR Fund, and Connect USVI Fund
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has announced updates to its required locations lists for the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric. For the...
AI Executive Order Impacting BEAD Non-Deployment Funding Signed
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order (EO) that directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to potentially curtail non-deployment...
NTIA Approves Final BEAD Proposals from Texas, West Virginia
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program proposals from Texas and West...
FCC Denies Support Recovery Waiver Requests Regarding RDOF Defaults
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau has adopted an Order denying waiver requests filed by North Alabama Electric Cooperative (NAEC) and...
FCC Adopts FNPRM to Simplify Broadband Nutrition Labels
The FCC has adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to eliminate several broadband label rules that it adopted in 2022....
NTIA Administrator Roth Details Agency’s Spectrum Plans
At the NTIA’s annual spectrum policy symposium, NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth outlined a plan to exceed the legislative mandate of identifying 500...
FCC Closes Investigation into EchoStar
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has issued a letter to EchoStar announcing that the Commission has officially concluded its investigation into EchoStar’s compliance...
Bill Introduced to Restart Middle Mile Infrastructure Program
On August 26, Reps. Andy Feenstra (R-IA), Josh Riley (D-NY), and Barry Moore (R-AL) introduced the Middle Mile for Rural America Act...
