HAC Reporting Becomes HAC Certification for Service Providers
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order that replaces hearing aid compatibility (HAC) reporting requirements with a different set of requirements. Though service...
Petition Seeks WCS Rule Revisions
Several AT&T-affiliated entities (AT&T) have filed a Petition for Rulemaking requesting that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) open a rulemaking proceeding to...
FCC Updates Price Cap Cost Model, Releases First Rate-of-Return Cost Model
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released version 4.2 of the Connect America Cost Model (CAM v4.2). It incorporates the FCC’s decision in...
15 Rate-of-Return Carriers Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it has adopted a methodology to determine rate-of-return carrier study areas where an unsubsidized competitor...
FCC to Review Barriers to Wireless Infrastructure
The FCC announced today the initiation of a rulemaking proceeding to identify and address unnecessary regulatory barriers to wireless infrastructure deployment to promote the...
FCC Requires Mobile Alaska Plan Participants to File Coverage Data Consistent with Form 477...
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Economic and Analytics has adopted an Order requiring Alaska Plan mobile participants to file...
FCC Extends ECF Service Delivery Date
The FCC has partially granted a Petition for Waiver filed by a group of Emergency Connectivity Fund Program stakeholders, including the Schools,...
Bureau Grants 60-Day Extension of Healthcare Connect Fund Invoice Deadline
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Order granting a limited waiver of the invoice filing deadline for all applicants under the Healthcare...
FCC To Make Data on Special Access Services Publicly Available
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it will publicly release data that it gathered earlier this year as part of its...
Bureau Adopts Methodology to Calculate Reasonable Comparability Benchmarks
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has adopted a specific methodology for calculating reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed broadband services. On an annual basis,...
