2019 USF Contribution Factor Hovers at 20%
The universal service fund (USF) contribution factor for first quarter (1Q) 2019 is set to drop slightly by one-tenth of a point to 20.0 percent....
5G High-Band Order Establishes Incentive Auction for Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, 47 GHz...
The FCC has adopted a Fourth Report and Order with new 5G spectrum auction rules for high-band millimeter wave spectrum in the Upper 37 GHz...
Waiver Granted for Merging of Study Areas
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a waiver to Telapex, Inc. (Telapex) and Venture Communications Cooperative (Venture) to allow the merging of each...
FCC Denies Motion for Stay of Small Cell Order
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has issued an Order denying a Motion for Stay pending judicial review of the FCC’s September 2018 Declaratory Ruling...
FCC Seeks Nominations for Membership of Renewed BDAC
The FCC has announced its intent to re-charter the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), subject to approval by the General Services Administration, for a...
National Lifeline Verifier to Launch in Four More States
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the soft launch of the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) in Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,...
FCC Seeks Comment on 3.65 GHz Transition Waiver and Extension
The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has released for comment a Petition for Waiver requesting a rule waiver and extension that would give all...
HAC Reporting Becomes HAC Certification for Service Providers
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order that replaces hearing aid compatibility (HAC) reporting requirements with a different set of requirements. Though service...
FCC Provides Spectrum Pipeline Act Report to Congress
The Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015 (Act) was enacted to (among other things) repurpose spectrum from federal to commercial licensed and unlicensed uses. The...
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Original Net Neutrality Appeals
In a 4-3 vote with two recused justices, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected seven appeals of the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules that had...
