FCC Pumps Additional Funds into ACAM While Also Looking to Additional Reforms
In a 3-2 vote, the FCC has released a Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) providing up...
CAF Phase I Waiver Granted to Puerto Rico Telephone Company for Hurricane Recovery
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a Declaratory Ruling and Order granting a limited waiver to Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (PRTC) of...
Court Rejects Legal Challenge to FCC Denial of USF Waiver Request
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has rejected Consolidated Communications of California Co.’s (fka SureWest Telephone) challenge...
FCC Grants Oglala Sioux Tribe Limited Waiver of Lifeline Re-certification Deadlines
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted the Oglala Sioux Tribe a limited waiver of the Lifeline recertification deadlines to assist the more than...
Alaska Plan Requirements Modified, Clarified in Reconsideration Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus (Bureaus) have partially granted an Alaska Telephone Association (ATA) Petition for Reconsideration regarding Alaska Plan map...
List of Model-Based CAF Phase II Areas Revised for Price Cap Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a revised list of census blocks eligible for model-based Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF2) support...
Mobility Fund Phase II Challenge Process Set for March 29-August 27; Map and Details...
The FCC's wireless and wireline bureaus and Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force (Bureaus) have scheduled the 150-day Mobility Fund Phase II (MF2) challenge process...
Guidance Issued on New Lifeline Forms
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a Public Notice providing guidance regarding new forms for the Lifeline program that both eligible telecommunications carriers...
Lifeline Petitions Addressed Regarding State Delays and Wildfires
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied the petitions filed by Sprint seeking reconsideration of waivers granted to California, New York, and Michigan...
Comments on Lifeline Reimbursement Clarification Due by March 12
The National Lifeline Association (NaLA) has filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling seeking clarification of the FCC’s Lifeline rules and guidance provided on the Universal...
