Bureau Releases A-CAM Census Block Group Classifications
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) previously invited rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers to submit study area specific plant mix input values for use...
Micronesian Tel and Hawaiian Telcom Accept CAF II Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has authorized Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation (MTC) and Hawaiian Telcom Inc. to receive Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II model-based...
FairPoint Accepts $37 Million in CAF II Support
FairPoint Communications Inc. has accepted $37,430,669 in annual Connect American Fund Phase II support to sustain and deploy voice and broadband services in 14...
Windstream Accepts $174.8 Million in CAF II Funding
Windstream Communications Inc. has accepted $174,895,478 in Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II funding to expand and support broadband service in 17 states. Windstream...
FCC Extends Comment Deadline for Lifeline Broadband Rulemaking
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline to file comments in response to its recent further notice of proposed rulemaking related to the...
15 Rate-of-Return Carriers Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it has adopted a methodology to determine rate-of-return carrier study areas where an unsubsidized competitor...
FCC Updates Rate-of-Return Cost Model, Invites Carriers to Correct Plant Mix Inputs
According to a recent Public Notice, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is actively working on refining the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM)...
USAC Board Members Sought
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking nominations for 12 board member positions on the Universal Service Administrative...
Commissioner Pai Proposes USF Reforms for Rate-of-Return Carriers
Senior Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has proposed a number of changes to the FCC’s rules that govern the way universal service fund (USF)...
Waivers Allow ILECs to Add Unrecoverable Halo Revenue to Eligible Recovery
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued an order granting in part, and subject to certain conditions, eight petitions for waiver of the FCC’s...
