Phase-Down Support Amounts for Price Cap and Fixed CETCs Announced
Pursuant to the FCC's recent Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Transitions Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced phased down legacy universal service support...
Wireline Competition Bureau Announces 2019 Inflation-Based Caps for E-Rate and RHC Programs
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau has released a Public Notice announcing the inflation-based caps for funding year 2019 for the E-Rate...
Save the Internet Act of 2019 Introduced in House and Senate
Congressional Democrats have introduced the Save the Internet Act of 2019, which if adopted would restore the open Internet rules that the FCC adopted in...
Wireline Competition Bureau Announces Next National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier Launch
The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) announced via Public Notice today that the Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, or National Verifier, will commence its soft launch on...
FCC Stands Firm on Alaska Plan Fiber Network Map Requirement
The FCC has denied an Alaska Telecom Association (ATA) petition requesting a waiver of the Alaska Plan requirement for support recipients to plan submit fiber...
Revised A-CAM Elections Due by March 27
Consistent with its December 2018 Universal Service Fund order revising support amounts, the FCC has announced 262 revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM)...
CAF Framework Established to Transition Legacy Support to Auction-Based Support
The FCC adopted a Report and Order establishing a Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II framework to clarify how support for voice and broadband...
Wireline Bureau Recommends Commission Retain E-Rate Budget Reforms for Category Two Requests
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has released a report recommending that the FCC permanently retain its rules establishing five-year budgets that provide set...
Comments on NECA Revisions to Average Schedule Formulas Sought by March 8
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a public notice seeking comment on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modification of average...
Sandwich Isles Order Remains Unchanged
The FCC has affirmed its 2016 decision to recover $27 million of Universal Service Fund (USF) support from Hawaiian telco Sandwich Isles Communications Inc....
