Universal Service Joint Board Releases Monitoring Report
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Universal Service Joint Board has released the annual monitoring report focusing on the impact of...
FCC Priority Window Opens for Rural Tribes
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the priority window for federally-recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Villages officially opened...
FCC Modernizes Broadcaster Notification Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Report and Order, not yet released, that transitions certain notices to broadcast...
FCC Makes Permanent At-Home Call Handling by Sign Language Interpreters for VRS
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has authorized compensating video relay service (VRS) providers for calls handled by at-home sign language...
FCC Proposes to Adopt Latest Standards for HAC
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to update the Commission's Hearing...
OIG Alerts Lifeline Carriers of Potential Widespread Non-Compliance with Usage Rule
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an Advisory alerting Lifeline carriers to the potential...
WCB Grants Frontier Communications Waiver for CAF Phase II Deployment
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) has issued an Order granting Frontier Communications Corporation (Frontier)...
Tentative Agenda for January 30 FCC Open Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its January 2020 Open Meeting, which is scheduled to...
E-Rate Funding Year 2020 Category Two Budget Multipliers and Funding Floor Amounts Announced
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the E-rate category two budget multipliers and funding floor amounts for Funding Year 2020. In...
FCC Amends Certain Aspects of Submarine Cable Outage Reporting Requirements
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) has issued an Order on Reconsideration (Order) that reexamined and amended certain aspects of the...
