FCC Revises CAF Mean Opinion Score Test Methodology
The Chiefs of the Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Office of Engineering and Technology (collectively, the Bureaus), in an order...
FCC Seeks Comment on Verizon Petition for Declaratory Ruling on County’s Recurring Fees for...
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is seeking comment on a petition filed by Verizon requesting a declaratory ruling that recurring fees charged...
More Federal Broadband Funding Issued in CAF-II and NY Programs
The FCC has authorized more federal rural broadband funding from the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction (Auction 903) as well...
Court Remands FCC’s Order Exempting Small Cell Facilities from Historic Preservation and Environmental Review
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court) has granted, in part, petitions for review of the...
New HAC Deadlines Detailed; Website Compliance by September 3 and Certifications by October 3
A new Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) public notice has been released providing information on the reformed HAC requirements adopted by the FCC...
Senate Bill Proposes to Exempt Rural Projects from Environmental Review
Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), David Perdue (R-GA), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R.-MS) have introduced The Paving the Way for Rural Communities Act of...
$20.4B Rural Digital Opportunity Fund NPRM Adopted Despite Data Disputes
The FCC has adopted and released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the $20.4 billion 10-year Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF)...
DOJ Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Based on Third-Party Divestiture Agreement Involving Dish Network
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a press release announcing that it has reached a settlement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile)...
FCC Approves Environmental Sensing Capability Deployments for Three Operators
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) (collectively, WTB/OET) has issued...
CAF-II Letters of Credit and Opinion Letters Due by August 5 for Latest Batch...
The FCC has announced the most recent batch of Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF-II) winning bids ready to be authorized with...
