FCC Announces Winners of Rural Broadband Experiment Support

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the entities that have been provisionally selected as winners of rural broadband experiment support. Collectively, the provisional...

Final FCC Meeting of 2014 Contains Three Major Items

The Federal Communications Commission has released the final agenda for its final open meeting of 2014. It includes the following three important items: E-Rate Modernization:...

2014 USF Monitoring Report Now Available

The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service has released the 2014 universal service monitoring report, which details the impact of the universal service fund...

FCC Chairman Proposes Permanent $1.5 Billion Increase in E-Rate Funding

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler is circulating an order to his fellow FCC Commissioners for consideration at the FCC December open meeting...

FCC Issues Rural Call Completion Reconsideration Order

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an Order on Reconsideration in which it grants a petition for reconsideration of the Rural Call Completion...

FCC Rejects ACA Application for Review of CAF Cost Model Inputs

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied an application for review filed by the American Cable Association (ACA) that challenged two aspects of the...

False Claims Act Lawsuit Ensnarls NECA Member Companies

A False Claims Act lawsuit, also known as a qui tam action, has been filed on behalf of the United States Government against NECA...

Bureau Adopts Methodology to Calculate Reasonable Comparability Benchmarks

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has adopted a specific methodology for calculating reasonable comparability benchmarks for fixed broadband services.  On an annual basis,...

Ronald A. Brisé of Florida PSC Appointed to Universal Service Joint Board

The Federal Communications Commission has appointed the Honorable Ronald A. Brisé, Commissioner, Florida Public Service Commission, to serve on the Federal-State Joint Board on...

Rural Broadband Experiments Application Window Opens Oct. 23; Application Deadline is Nov. 7

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the rural broadband experiments application filing window will open on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:00...
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