Court to Decide Whether Title II Broadband Regulation Is Delayed
After the FCC denied various petitions for stay (or delay) of the Open Internet (or net neutrality) Order and particularly its Title II broadband...
FCC Directs USAC to Fully Fund Eligible Category One and Category Two E-Rate Programs
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (the Bureau) has announced that there is sufficient funding available to meet the Universal Service Administrative Company’s...
New CALEA Electronic Filing System Now Available for Voluntary Filing of System Security and...
The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has announced the availability of the new Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...
Windstream Waiver Petition Addresses Uncollectible Halo Revenues
Price cap carrier Windstream Services, LLC (Windstream), on behalf of 24 of its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) subsidiaries has requested a waiver of...
7th Year of Model-Based CAF-II Support Announced for Price Cap Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that all eligible price cap carriers currently receiving model-based Connect America Fund Phase II...
Open Internet 2.0 on its Way as FCC Adopts Proposed Rulemaking Notice
In a 2-1 vote, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to undo the actions taken in the agency’s 2015...
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...
New FCC Form 466 Deadlines for Rural Health Care Program Applicants
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued an Order clarifying the treatment of supporting documentation to applications for support under the universal service Rural...
FCC Deploys “Strike Force” to Combat USF Fraud
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced the creation of a Universal Service Fund (USF) “Strike Force,” whose mission is to combat waste, fraud, and...
Comments to Refresh The Record in Sandwich Isles Cost Proceeding Due April 18
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has asked for comments in order to “refresh the record” in the proceeding to determine whether certain cable lease...
