Nationwide Number Portability On The Horizon
The FCC has initiated a proceeding and has requested comment on the
regulatory and technological changes that would be required to implement complete
nationwide number portability...
FCC Extends 911 Reliability Certification Deadline
Due to the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has issued a Public Notice announcing...
Study Areas with Potential 100% Overlap May Lose High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has identified 13 study areas that it has determined preliminarily to be subject to the “100 percent overlap rule”...
Court Upholds Cable Rate Deregulation
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has affirmed the FCC's decision to shift the burden of justifying the...
Waiver Sought to Use Actual Revenues to Calculate Rates and Recovery
Great Plains Communications (Great Plains) in Nebraska has petitioned the FCC for a rule waiver that would allow Great Plains to use actual switched...
FCC To Examine 28 GHz Interference
The FCC has opened a docket to receive filings relating to the potential impact of aggregate interference on satellites in the 27.5-28.35 GHz band (28 GHz...
FCC Proposes to Streamline Rules for Earth Stations in Motion
At today’s open meeting, the FCC unanimously adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to streamline, consolidate, and harmonize rules governing earth stations used...
FCC Waives ILEC Short Form Tariff Review Plan May 17 Filing Deadline
The FCC has released a public notice granting a one-time waiver to price cap incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) who were required to file...
FCC Sets 2017 ILEC Tariff Review Plans
The Pricing Policy Division of the FCC’s Wireline Bureau has released an order establishing the Tariff Review Plans (TRPs) used by all incumbent local...
Experimental Program License Portal Now Available
The FCC has expanded its experimental license web portal to allow for electronic filing of experimental program licenses. Experimental program licenses are usually used...
