FCC Requires NG911 Transition for OSPs
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order requiring originating service providers to implement NG911 capabilities on their networks and deliver 911...
FCC Proposes Mobile Phone Unlocking Requirement for Providers
The FCC has announced proposed rules that would require mobile service providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation....
FCC Approves Nokia’s SAS for Initial Commercial Deployments
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology have approved Nokia Innovations LLC’s Spectrum Access System for initial commercial...
FCC Caps Rates for Phone and Video Calls of Inmates
The FCC has voted to limit the rates that providers may charge for phone and video calls from correctional facilities. The Just...
CGB Seeks Comment on Tentative Findings for CVAA Biennial Report
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) is seeking comment on its tentative findings on the accessibility and usability of telecommunications...
Armstrong Groups to Pay $6.5 Million for Alleged False Claims Relating to USF Subsidies
The Armstrong Group, owner of five ILECs, has agreed to pay $6.5 million as part of a False Claims Act settlement with...
FCC Denies Request to Reconsider New 911 Outage Rules
The FCC has denied the Competitive Carrier Association’s (CCA) Petition for Reconsideration of two 911 service outage rules that impose...
FCC Announces Renewed Funding Eligibility of Certain RDOF Census Block Groups
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has announced that certain census block groups (CBG) which were limited to exclusive support from the...
Additional BDS Carriers Transition to Incentive Regulation
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a Public Notice announcing that rate-of-return local exchange carriers have elected, in 120 study areas,...
NTIA Approves BEAD Proposal of Maryland
NTIA has approved Maryland’s full Initial Proposal (Vol. 1, Vol. 2) for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, bringing the...
