FCC Approves Adjustments to Average Schedule HCLS Formula
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has approved the modifications proposed by the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) to the formula used to calculate...
FCC Clarifies Parts of Rate-of-Return Reform Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released an order clarifying how a number of reforms adopted in the Rate-of-Return Reform Order will be...
USF Contribution Factor To Stay At 17.9 Percent
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service fund (USF) contribution factor for the third quarter of 2016...
E-Rate to Fully Fund Category One and Two Services in 2016
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that there is sufficient E-Rate funding available to fully meet the estimated demand for category one and...
Bureau Releases Guidance on Demonstrating CAF Phase I Deployment Compliance
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released guidance on how price cap carriers that accepted Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I incremental support...
Draft E-Rate Eligible Services List Released, Comments Due July 5
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a draft eligible services list (ESL) for the schools and libraries universal support mechanism (E-Rate program)...
FCC Ready To Authorize $4.3 Million in Rural Broadband Experiment Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it is ready to authorize a total of $4.3 million in rural broadband experiment support...
NECA Modifies Average Schedule Formula, Comments Due June 20
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has invited comments on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modifications to the mathematical formula used to...
CAF Phase II Auction Headlines FCC May Open Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a tentative agenda for its May 2016 open meeting which is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday,...
FCC Releases Density Data For Rate-of-Return Study Areas
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released density data for rate-of-return study areas that will be used to implement various reforms adopted in the...
