A-CAM Budget Shortfall Prompts Revised Offers for Most; Comment Sought on Budget Increase
To address the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) budget shortfall, the FCC has issued an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that...
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...
Verizon’s $1.35M “Supercookie” Settlement Marks Latest Open Internet Enforcement Action
Verizon Wireless (Verizon) has agreed to a Consent Decree to settle an investigation of alleged violations of the FCC's Open Internet Transparency Rule and...
FCC Updates Census Block Data Based on December 2015 Form 477, Gives ROR Carriers...
To assist rate-of-return (ROR) carriers with the decision to elect model-based support, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released updated census block data...
NTIA Extends Deadlines for Final BEAD Proposals by 90 Days
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has granted a programmatic waiver of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program’s requirement...
RUS and NTIA Seek Comment on Broadband Opportunity Council
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking comment to inform the deliberations of the newly-created Broadband Opportunity Council. The...
C-band Transition Plan Amendment Window Open through September 30
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has opened a limited filing window for C-band satellite operators to amend their Transition Plans that were...
Wheeler Names FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force Members
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairman Tom Wheeler recently named 31 members to the FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force. These members represent 20...
Small Providers Exempted from Enhanced Broadband Disclosure Rules
The FCC has granted a five-year exemption for small businesses from the enhanced transparency requirements in the Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order. The five-year...
Top RDOF Winners LTD Broadband and Starlink Denied Funding
The FCC has denied the long-form applications of LTD Broadband LLC (LTD) and SpaceX-owned Starlink (Starlink) for Rural Broadband Digital Fund (RDOF)...
