FCC Extends Comment Deadline for Lifeline Broadband Rulemaking
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline to file comments in response to its recent further notice of proposed rulemaking related to the...
August Open Meeting to Have Lengthy Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission will hold its August Open Meeting on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 10:30 am. The agenda includes the following items:
Emerging...
Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 Introduced in House
Congressmen Kinzinger (R-IL) and Loebsack (D-IA) have introduced the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 (H.R. 3103) in the House of Representatives. Senators Klobuchar (D-MN) and...
RUS Accepting Applications For Broadband Loans July 30 – September 30
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has released a notice of solicitation of applications (NOSA) announcing that RUS is accepting applications...
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 Updates Rate-of-Return Cost Model, Invites Carriers to Correct Plant Mix Inputs
According to a recent Public Notice, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is actively working on refining the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM)...
Comment Deadline in Vacant Channel Rulemaking Suspended
The FCC has suspended comment and reply deadlines in its vacant channel rulemaking until further notice. The FCC action came in response to a...
FCC Chairman Green Lights AT&T/DirecTV Merger
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has issued a public statement indicating that an order recommending approval of the AT&T/DirecTV merger has been circulated to the...
RUS Awards $86 Million in Rural Broadband Grants and Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has awarded $74.8 million in Telecommunications Loans and $11 million in Community Connect Grants to...
Lifeline Broadband FNPRM Comments Due August 17
On June 22, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission released a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) related to the universal service Lifeline program....
