3Q 2018 USF Contribution Factor to Drop Again to 17.9%
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has proposed that the universal service fund (USF) contribution factor for third quarter (Q3) 2018 be set...
WCB Announces Opening of Connected Care Pilot Program Application Window
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) has announced that it will open the Connected Care...
FCC Issues Update Regarding Mobility Fund Phase II Challengers
The FCC has released a status update regarding the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) challenge process. As of June 30, 2018, 80 entities obtained...
West Kentucky Telco Scores Waiver of ICC Recovery Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has granted West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (West Kentucky)'s petition for waiver of certain intercarrier compensation...
WCB Announces Updated Lifeline Minimum Service Standards and Budget
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau), in a Public Notice, announced the new speed and...
FCC Releases 2020 Universal Service Monitoring Report
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has published the Universal Service Monitoring Report for 2020, prepared by the Universal Service Joint...
FCC Grants Hardship Waiver of Deadline for Revisions to FCC Form 499-A
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a request filed by American Teleconferencing Services, Ltd. d/b/a Premiere Global Services (ATS) seeking review of a...
House Letter Urges More Funding for Rural Broadband
102 Members of the House of Representatives, led by Congressman Kevin Cramer (R-ND), have signed a bipartisan letter urging the FCC to ensure adequate...
Frontier CAF Phase I Change Prompts October 24 Notification Deadline
Frontier Communications Corp. (Frontier) has informed the FCC that it intends to modify its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round 2 incremental broadband deployment...
Fixed Voice Service Urban Rate Survey Results Announced
In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Federal Communications Commission determined that “ETCs must offer voice telephony service, including voice telephone service offered on a standalone...
