Grand River Mutual Seeks A-CAM Relief for Locations Excluded Due to Clerical Error
Grand River Mutual Telephone Corporation (GRM) has filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the FCC’s March 23, 2018 Report and Order (Order), Third Order...
FCC Waives May 1, 2018, Deadline for Quarterly Rural Call Completion Reports
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a temporary waiver of the May 1, 2018, quarterly filing deadline for covered providers...
FCC Adopts New Rural Call Completion Rules and Seeks Comment on Additional Proposed Rules
The FCC has adopted and proposed new rules to address rural call completion problems. Such problems include failed calls, poor-quality long-distance calls, and the...
Alaska CAF Reporting Waiver Denied
An Alaska Communications Services Group, Inc. (ACS) petition for clarification and waiver has been denied by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau). When implementing...
Net Neutrality Appeals Moved Back to D.C. Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has transferred the appeal of the FCC’s December 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order to the...
FCC Pumps Additional Funds into ACAM While Also Looking to Additional Reforms
In a 3-2 vote, the FCC has released a Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) providing up...
CAF Phase I Waiver Granted to Puerto Rico Telephone Company for Hurricane Recovery
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a Declaratory Ruling and Order granting a limited waiver to Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (PRTC) of...
Unclear Billing Charges Violate FCC Truth-in-Billing Rules and the Act
The FCC has issued a Declaratory Ruling in response to a petition filed by parties involved in litigation over a billing dispute, declaring that...
Lottery Directs Net Neutrality Challenges to Ninth Circuit
Lawsuits filed by various public and private plaintiffs (including 22 state attorneys general, advocacy groups, and Internet companies such as Mozilla, Etsy and Vimeo)...
Alaska Plan Requirements Modified, Clarified in Reconsideration Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus (Bureaus) have partially granted an Alaska Telephone Association (ATA) Petition for Reconsideration regarding Alaska Plan map...
