Phase-Down Support Amounts for Price Cap and Fixed CETCs Announced
Pursuant to the FCC's recent Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Transitions Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced phased down legacy universal service support...
FCC Stands Firm on Alaska Plan Fiber Network Map Requirement
The FCC has denied an Alaska Telecom Association (ATA) petition requesting a waiver of the Alaska Plan requirement for support recipients to plan submit fiber...
Revised A-CAM Elections Due by March 27
Consistent with its December 2018 Universal Service Fund order revising support amounts, the FCC has announced 262 revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM)...
CAF Framework Established to Transition Legacy Support to Auction-Based Support
The FCC adopted a Report and Order establishing a Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II framework to clarify how support for voice and broadband...
Wireline Bureau Recommends Commission Retain E-Rate Budget Reforms for Category Two Requests
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has released a report recommending that the FCC permanently retain its rules establishing five-year budgets that provide set...
Comments on NECA Revisions to Average Schedule Formulas Sought by March 8
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a public notice seeking comment on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modification of average...
Court Strikes Down FCC Order Limiting Tribal Lifeline Support
The DC Circuit has struck down the FCC’s 2017 Lifeline Order, which had limited enhanced Tribal Lifeline support to facilities-based service providers and rural...
FCC Releases NPRM Waiving & Proposing to Eliminate E-Rate Amortization Requirement
The FCC has released a Notice of Proposal Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted, would eliminate an E-Rate program condition requiring schools and libraries to...
Sandwich Isles Order Remains Unchanged
The FCC has affirmed its 2016 decision to recover $27 million of Universal Service Fund (USF) support from Hawaiian telco Sandwich Isles Communications Inc....
Tribal Opex Relief Extended to More Carriers
The FCC has issued an order reconsidering its March 2018 order that provided relief for certain carriers operating on Tribal lands from Connect America...
