FCC Commissioner Carr Urges Big Tech to Pay Fair Share
In a Newsweek op-ed, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has outlined a new approach to fund the Universal Service Fund. Carr’s op-ed cited...
FCC Seeks Comment on Shortening Call Authentication Deadline for Certain Small Voice Service Providers
The FCC is seeking comment on a proposal to shorten the deadline for certain small voice service providers to implement caller ID...
FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program Date Announced
In a Public Notice, the FCC announced the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program’s launch. Starting May 12, 2021, EBB program participating providers...
FCC Adopts Proposed Rulemaking for 911 Outage Notifications
The FCC has adopted a Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to improve the 911 network outage reporting framework, intended to “harmonize many...
FCC Seeks Comment on Texting to 988
The FCC has adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking allowing access to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by enabling texting to...
10th Circuit Affirms FCC Universal Service Debt Collection Decision
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a 2016 FCC Order seeking $6.75 million in Universal Service Fund overpayments to Blanca...
RDOF Phase I Winners Announced
The FCC has formally announced the close of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I Auction (Auction 904), which ended just...
FCC Takes Action to Stop One-Ring Robocall Scams
The FCC has adopted rules that expressly state that voice service providers may block calls that appear to be one-ring scams. The...
FCC Adopts Adjustment Factor Values for 5G Rural Fund
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) and Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) have adopted adjustment factor...
Net Neutrality Order on Remand Adopted in Split Vote
In response to last year's remand by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals of the 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order, the FCC...
