Consumer and Privacy Groups Seek End to Toll Records Retention
A group of consumer rights, human rights, and civil liberties organizations, along with members of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Advisory Board, has...
New IP Transition Rules for Copper Retirement and Section 214 Discontinuances
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that establish new...
FCC Launches Inquiry to Examine U.S. Broadband Deployment
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) which seeks comment on the availability of fixed and mobile broadband service...
FCC Adopts Backup Power Rules
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted rules intended to ensure that consumers have the information and tools necessary to maintain landline home telephone service...
FCC Extends Comment Deadline for Lifeline Broadband Rulemaking
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline to file comments in response to its recent further notice of proposed rulemaking related to the...
FCC Clarifies 911 Reliability Certification Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission has issued an Order on Reconsideration clarifying the certification requirements that will apply to certain “Covered 911 Service Providers.” The...
FCC to Cease Text-to-911 Readiness Updates
The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has issued the final public notice in a series announcing updates to the...
15 Rate-of-Return Carriers Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it has adopted a methodology to determine rate-of-return carrier study areas where an unsubsidized competitor...
FCC Updates Rate-of-Return Cost Model, Invites Carriers to Correct Plant Mix Inputs
According to a recent Public Notice, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is actively working on refining the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM)...
Comments on AT&T TTY Petitions Are Due August 24
The FCC’s Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau are seeking comment on...
