Revised A-CAM Offers Yield $454M of Annual Support to 182 ROR Carriers
After revising Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) offers last month in the face of a budget shortfall, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced...
Utility and Telecom Groups Propose CAF Phase II Weighting and Validation Frameworks
A coalition of eight rural utility and telecom groups dubbed the “Rural Coalition” has submitted a Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II proposal to...
CGB Seeks Comment on Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (“CGB”) released a public notice seeking comment on the termination of over three hundred docketed proceedings as...
Reseller Appeals Sent Back to USAC
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has remanded to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) several appeals filed by resellers who are seeking credit...
Straight Path Spectrum Taken to the Cleaners
The Enforcement Bureau (EB) of the FCC has entered into a Consent Decree with Straight Path Communications, Inc., parent company of Straight Path Spectrum,...
CGB Releases Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion
The Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) has released Strategies and Recommendations for Promoting Digital Inclusion as directed by the FCC in its 2016...
FCC Announces Two Upcoming Tribal Broadband, Telecom and Broadcast Training and Consultation Workshops in...
The FCC’s Office of Native Affairs and Policy (ONAP) has announced two upcoming FCC Tribal Broadband, Telecom, and Broadcast Training and Consultation Workshops (Workshops)....
Waiver of Enhanced Transparency Rule Sought by RWA for Small Business Providers
The Rural Wireless Association, Inc. (RWA) has requested a waiver of the enhanced transparency requirements adopted by the FCC in its 2015 Open Internet...
Wireless Alaska Plan Carriers Given the Green Light; Certifications Due December 29
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has approved the Alaska Plan performance plans of eight wireless providers in Alaska that elected to receive frozen...
SAS Administrators for 3.5 GHz Band Conditionally Approved
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have conditionally approved seven entities as Spectrum Access System (SAS) Administrators...
